Product Description

First published in the 1920s, this book attempts to provide the reader with a guide to living. Gibran lets his protagonist, called simply the Prophet, deliver homilies on a variety of topics central to daily life: love marriage and children, work and play, possessions, beauty, truth, joy and sorrow and death.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #262752 in Books
• Published on: 1991-03-22
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

From the Publisher
A timeless masterpiece - the best-known and best-loved of Kahlil Gibran's works

About the Author
Poet, philosopher and artist, Kahlil Gibran was born in 1883 near Mount Lebanon, a region that has produced many prophets. His poetry has been translated into more than twenty languages. His drawings and paintings have been exhibited in the great capitals of the world and compared by Auguste Rodin to the work of William Blake. His other books include The Madman, The Forerunner, The Wanderer and The Broken Wings. Kahlil Gibran died in 1931.

Customer Reviews

Magic
This is a magical book. The messages are simple and the cynical may criticise the book for that. However if you are prepared to let the book work it's magic, by re-reading sections again and again at different times and stages of your life it will get under your skin and change the way you go about things. It is not a book to read, it is a book to live. Buy it, read it and if you take nothing from it give it to a second hand book store, fete or boot sale, so someone else may come across the magic. Buy it !

Love and Beauty of Life
Have you ever read a line, first you felt the language was beautiful and next a thought, even a reality hit you? And even after you have finished, the message keeps playing on and on in your mind? Well, this book is one of them (if you have luckily found other books by other author).

It is the exploration of self, soul, community, nature, and universe. No matter what religion you hold, from where you came or who/what you are. This is a book for every human being to know and keep in perspective what they are doing everyday.

A classic for all ages
I read this by chance some 15 years ago. I picked it up from a a neighbours shelf by chance.As I started reading I found I didn't want to stop.This book can be read and re-read again and again.I've read it a number of times thereafter and I always get something new from it.Also I personally find there are always words of wisdom to offer when you, or your friends are facing hardship. A beautiful book that I want my children (when I have them!) and grandchildren to read.