Kahlil Gibran

1. Kahlil Gibran

De profeet

Kahlil Gibran, de auteur van het prachtige boek 'De Profeet', stond op het kruispunt van twee werelden: die van de oosterse mythen uit zijn jeugd en die van de westerse verlichting en tolerantie die hij als kunstenaar omarmde. In Gibrans meesterwerk 'De profeet' worden het oosten en het westen samengebracht en daarmee spreekt hij een enorm lezerspubliek aan. 'De profeet' wordt universeel als Gibrans beste werk beschouwd en verschijnt nu in een fraaie, eigentijdse jubileumeditie. 'Je bent goed wanneer je ernaar streeft van jezelf te geven. Toch ben je niet slecht als je uit bent op gewin. Want als je streeft naar winst ben je niet anders dan een wortel die de aarde vastklampt en zich laat zogen door haar borst. Zeker, de vrucht kan niet tot de wortel zeggen: "Wees als ik, rijp en vol en immer schenkend van je overvloed." Want voor de vrucht is geven een noodzaak, zoals ontvangen een noodzaak voor de wortel is.'- Kahlil Gibran, 'De profeet' Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) werd geboren in Noord-Libanon. Als jongeman reisde hij naar Europa en Amerika en ontwikkelde zich tot schrijver, filosoof en kunstenaar.

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The Prophet

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1. Kahlil Gibran

The Prophet

Written as a collection of poetic essays, and detailing such diverse and sprawling topics as love, death, pleasure and prayer, The Prophet was an immediate success on its initial publication in 1923, and has since been translated into more than a hundred languages.

1. Kahlil Gibran

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran's classic collection of poetic essays touching on subjects from love and friendship to pain and freedom.

1. Kahlil , Gibran

The Prophet

The sea that calls all things unto her calls me, and I must embark. One of the best known and most translated works of free-verse poetry ever published in the English language, The Prophet, by Lebanon-born Kahlil Gibran, tells the story of the prophet Almustafa, who was banished from his homeland and who has lived the last twelve years of his life as a refugee among the good people of Orphalese. One day, as he prepares to board the ship that will take him home, Almustafa addresses a gathering of townspeople who have come to see him off. His parting words of wisdom about the human condition reveal him to be a man who sees deeply into the hearts, minds, and souls of his peers. While remaining faithful to the original text, the script adaptation by A. David Lewis provides backstory details that provide greater insight into the enigmatic main character. And the illustrations by Justin Rentería, inspired by a 1920s Ottoman style, are vibrant, authentic, and skillfully paced. Appearing exactly one hundred years after the original 1923 publication of Gibran's masterpiece, and at a time when entire groups of people are being forced to seek refuge elsewhere, this fresh and visually compelling rendering of The Prophet conveys the original work's bracing and inspirational message about what it means to live well in today's world.

1. Kahlil Gibran

The Madman