Author: Kahlil Gibran
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Overview:Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) was a Lebanese-born poet, artist, and mystic who emigrated to the United States as a teenager. His most famous work, The Prophet, a collection of poetic essays first published in 1923, has sold over eight million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Gibran's writings—comprising essays, stories, parables, and prose poems—are renowned for their profound simplicity and wisdom on themes such as love, marriage, friendship, work, pleasure, time, and grief. This volume includes key works like The Madman, The Forerunner, Sand and Foam, Jesus the Son of Man, Earth Gods, The Wanderer, The Garden of the Prophet, along with Prose Poems, Spirits Rebellious, Nymphs of the Valley, and A Tear and a Smile. His writings continue to resonate with readers across the world for their spiritual insight and poetic beauty.