Kahlil Gibran

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The Prophet

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The Prophet

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Il profeta. Testo inglese a fronte

Pochi libri hanno avuto un impatto così profondo sul pubblico occidentale come Il Profeta di Gibran. Pubblicato nel 1923 a New York, il capolavoro del poeta libanese s'impose subito come una sorta di 'breviario dei laici', guadagnando fama immediata al suo autore e dando il via a quello che ancor oggi è un vero e proprio culto nei suoi confronti. I lettori identificarono il protagonista del libro con l'autore, com'egli del resto voleva. Gibran aveva infatti vestito i panni del profeta Almustafà (in arabo 'il prediletto', uno degli appellativi di Maometto) per dare maggior incisività al suo messaggio poetico-messianico, in cui sono avvertibili echi di Blake, del Nietzsche di Così parlò Zarathustra, del pensiero induista, buddhista e del misticismo islamico. Stilisticamente, Gibran subì l'influsso del romanticismo europeo e della tradizione letteraria cristiana, in particolare della Bibbia: continuamente in bilico tra il sermone e l'epigramma, tra la parabola e l'aforisma, la sua prosa poetica è ricca di similitudini e allegorie visionarie che le conferiscono uno strano fascino e una rara suggestione. Con una nota di Nicola Crocetti.

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The Madma

The Madman by Kahlil Gibran is a philosophical collection of short parables and poetic essays that explore themes of identity, freedom, truth, and human nature. Written in a symbolic and reflective style, the book presents thought-provoking reflections on society, individuality, and spirituality through brief allegorical stories. Gibran uses the voice of a "madman" to question social norms and reveal deeper truths about life and the human soul. With its lyrical language and profound insights, The Madman invites readers to reflect on self-discovery, wisdom, and the search for meaning, making it a timeless and influential work of spiritual and philosophical literature.

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A Tear and a Smile

"A tear to unite me with those of broken heart; A smile to be a sign of my joy in existence." A book of poetry by Khalil Gibran that touches every soul. Kahlil Gibran was a Lehanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, also considered a philosopher although he himself rejected the title. Gibran disctased "such themes as religion, justice, free will, science, love, happiness, the soul, the body, and deach" in his writings, which were "characterized by innovation breaking with forms of the past, by symbolism. an ondying love for his native land, and a sentimental, melancholic yet ollten onstorical style." About his language in general (horm in Arabic and Pinglish), Salma Khadra Jayyusi remarks that "because of the spiritual and universal aspect of his general themes, he seems to have chosen a vocabulary less idiomatic than would normally have been chosen by a modern poet conscious of modemism in language." According to Jean Gibran and Kahlil G. Gibran, "Ignoring mach of the traditional vocabulary and form of classical Arabic, he began to develop a style which reflected the ordinary language he had heard as a child in Besharri and to which he was still exposed in the South End of Boston). This use of the colloquial was more a product of his isolation than of a specific intent, but it appealed to thousands of Arab immigrants,

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This book contains two of the best known works of Khalil Gibran, Kahlil Gibran was a Lchanose-American writer, pont and visual urtist, also considered a philosopher although he himself rejected the title Gibran discussed "such themes as religion, justice, free will. science, love, happiness, the soul, the body, and death" in his writings, which were "characterized by innovation breaking with fonus of the past, by symbolism, an undying love for his native land, and a sentimental, melancholic yet often oratorical style." About his language in general (both in Arabic and English), Salma Khadra Jayyusi remarks that "because of the spiritual and univers aspect of his general themes, he seems to leave chosen a vocabulary les idiomatic than would normally have been chosen by a modern poet conscious of modemism in languago." According to Jean Gibran and Kahlil G. Gibran,