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The Prophet
The Prophet
Author: Kahlil Gibran
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.
ISBN-13: 9780099416937
ISBN-10: 009941693X
Publication Date: 3/22/1991
Pages: 128
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Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Dove avatar reviewed The Prophet on + 262 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
This is one of my favorite books of all time and a keeper. I happen to have two copies, so I am trading one, otherwise I would never let this book go. In my mind, it is a must read for everyone. Something to think about for every stage of life.
ridiculousbadger avatar reviewed The Prophet on + 33 more book reviews
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I just finished reading The Prophet on Friday.  This was part of an assigment I had been given. As much as my inner cynical voice wants to dismiss the book as sentimental clap trap, I can not. This is an incredible book on what it is to live a human truthful life.
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A beautiful collection of poetically expressed realized truth from one of mankind's great seers.
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there is more wisdom condensed into the pages of this book than i would have imagined possible to exist, let alone to express so succinctly. In my opinion, this book is truly a pinnacle of comprehension on this planet.
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Beautifully done. I still prefer to read the words myself, but when I wasn't able to read....this was a blessing to me. No one writes more beautifully than Kahlil Gibran...and hearing his words spoken...is beautiful.
evelyn0309 avatar reviewed The Prophet on + 84 more book reviews
From the dustjacket: This book, which is Gibran's masterpiece, has become one of the beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American edition alone has sold more than four million copies.

Gibran considered THE PROPHET his greatest achievement. He said: "I think I've never been without The Prophet since I first conceived the book back in Mount Lebanon. It seems to have been a part of me...I kept the manuscript four years before I delivered it over to my publisher because I wanted to sure, I wanted to be very sure, that every word of it was the very best I had to offer."

The Chicago Post said of THE PROPHET: "Cadenced and vibrant with feeling, the words of Kahlil Gibran bring to one's ears the majestic rhythm of Ecclesiastes...If there is a man or woman who can read this book without a quiet acceptance of a great man's philosphy and a singing in the heart as of music born within, that man or woman is indeed dead to life and truth."

The edition posted here is illustrated with twelve full-page drawings by the author. (Borzoi Book, L.C. Catalog Card Number: 53-9594)
katlupe avatar reviewed The Prophet on + 104 more book reviews
Loved his work!
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A brilliant man's philosophy on love, marriage, joy and sorrow, time, friendship and much more. Originally published in 1923 - translated into more than 20 languages. With 12 full page drawings by Gibran

In a distant, timeless place, a mysterious prophet walks the sands. At the moment of his departure, he wishes to offer the people gifts but possesses nothing. The people gather round, each asks a question of the heart, and the man's wisdom is his gift. It is Gibran's gift to us, as well, for Gibran's prophet is rivaled in his wisdom only by the founders of the world's great religions. On the most basic topics--marriage, children, friendship, work, pleasure--his words have a power and lucidity that in another era would surely have provoked the description "divinely inspired." Free of dogma, free of power structures and metaphysics, consider these poetic, moving aphorisms a 20th-century supplement to all sacred traditions--as millions of other readers already have

soaringspirit avatar reviewed The Prophet on + 181 more book reviews
Classic philosophy. with 12 works of art. great prose.


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