A great book with some excellent quotes too (The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran)

Member Name: jen_z19

Product:	The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran
Date:	23/10/01 (732 review reads)
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Advantages: Poetic , and Prophetic

Disadvantages: Very Short (I wish it was longer)

"And I say that life is indeed darkness save when there is urge, And all urge is blind save when there is knowledge"
The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran (Gibran, 26)

Ok, maybe i'm just biased because Kahlil Gibran is a Lebanese author, but I read this book a year ago, finally! (my family owns it in Arabic, French, and English) I thought it was great. Each chapter has a theme, for examply about Love, Hate, Family, Work, etc, and it is basically about a wandering Prophet, Al Mustafa, who is going to leave a town he has been living in, but before he leaves he tells the people of the village his wisdom and beliefs and how he thinks they should live their lives. A lot of it is that which we already know in our hearts, but which he so beautifully expresses in words, and the type of reading that reassures and, of course, has a lesson to be learned.

His language is very poetic and, at least to me, moving, and he another book that I would recommend as well such as "The Broken Wings," as well as books that are available of his quotes, etc.

Kahlil Gibran was not only a writer, but a philosopher and an artist too, and should be remembered as a brilliant man who had so much to offer. I hope you get a chance to read it. Enjoy!

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