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A stunning new hardcover edition--with a full linen case, copper stamping, turquoise gilded edges, and colored endpapers--of one of the world's most beloved and popular spiritual classics, featuring a new foreword by Rupi Kaur
A Penguin Classics Hardcover
The most famous work of spiritual fiction of the twentieth century, The Prophet is rooted in Kahlil Gibran's own experience as an immigrant and provides inspiration to anyone feeling adrift in a world in flux. As a prophet named Almustafa is about to board a ship to travel back to his homeland after twelve years in exile, he is stopped by a group of people who ask him to share his wisdom before he leaves. In twenty-eight poetic essays, he does so, offering profound and timeless insights on many aspects of life, including love, pain, friendship, family, beauty, religion, joy, sorrow, and death.
An immediate success when first published in 1923, The Prophet is a modern classic, having been translated into more than forty languages and sold more than ten million copies in the United States alone. The message it imparts, of finding divinity through love, made it the bible of 1960s culture and continues to touch hearts and minds across generations and national borders. This edition is illustrated with twelve of Gibran's famous visionary paintings and features a foreword by Rupi Kaur.
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
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In The Press
“This book cracked my heart wide open. And I think it’s going to do
the same to yours. . . . I’ve read The Prophet more
times than I can count. I’ve owned and given away dozens of copies. I
have one packed permanently in my travel bag. . . . The Prophet, and the man behind it, freed the poet in me. . . . Almost a
hundred years later, it still feels as fresh and as relevant as ever.
Why have I read it dozens of times? Because it doesn’t feel like
reading. It feels like listening to my favorite song. . . . [Kahlil
Gibran] is the conductor, the words are his orchestra, and he makes
them dance off the page and land softly in your belly. . . . This book
is not just for poetry lovers. It is for anyone wondering what this
thing we call life is about. [It is] an anchor, a lifeline, and a
friend.” —Rupi Kaur, from the Foreword
“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 philosophy and a singing in the heart as of music born
within, that man or woman is indeed dead to life and truth.” —Chicago Post
“Exquisite . . . simply a masterpiece.” —The Independent (London)
“Like most wisdom, most of what [Kahlil Gibran] has to tell is
ancient, the possession of all men who have thought much and hard
about fundamental things. . . . But on it all there is also the
imprint of a rich and unusual personality. . . . Gibran offers no
short-cuts to happiness, no easily mastered formulae for successful
living. Essentially, he bids you look closely into your own heart and
mind.” —The New York Times
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