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    The Prophet English Paperback Gibran Kahlil

    9789354861314

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    The Prophet English Paperback Gibran Kahlil

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    9789354861314

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    • Language: English
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books
    • Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
    • ISBN: 9789354861314, 93-5486-131-8
    • Edition: 1st, 2021
    • Pages: 126
    A book of poetic essays written in English, Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet is full of religious inspirations. With the twelve illustrations drawn by the author himself, the book took more than eleven years to be formulated and perfected and is Gibran's best-known work. It represents the height of his literary career as he came to be noted as the Bard of Washington Street. Captivating and vivified with feeling, The Prophet has been translated into forty languages throughout the world, and is considered the most widely read book of the twentieth century. Its first edition of 1300 copies sold out within a month.
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    Imprint
    • Diamond Pocket Books
    Publication Year
    • 2021 June
    Book Type
    • Nonfiction
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    Author Info
    • Khalil Gibran – born on January 6, 1883 at Bsharri, Berrut Vilayet, OIttomon Empire died on April 10, 1931 (Age 48 years) in New York city. In 1903, he published his first literary essays; In 1907 he met Mary Haskell who was to be his benefactor all his life who made is possible for him to study Art in Paris. He was a Lebanese – American writer, poet and visual artist, also considered a philosopher. In 1911 Gibran settled in New York, where his first book in English “The Madman”, was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1918. He is best known as the author of “The Prophet”, which was first published in the United States in 1923 and has since become one of the best selling books of all time, having been translated into more than 100 languages. He was also the author of Broken Wings.Gibran discussed different themes in his writings and explored diverse literary forms. His “prodigious body Of Work has been Described as an artistic legacy to people of all nation.
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    Age Group
    • 18 + Year
    Dimensions
    Width
    • 9 mm
    Height
    • 216 mm
    Length
    • 140 mm
    Weight
    • 204 gr