The prophet

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Gibran’s protagonist, called ‘the Prophet’, delivers spiritual, yet practical, homilies on a wide variety of topics central to daily life: love, marriage and children; work and play; possessions, beauty, truth, joy and sorrow, death and more.

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A hugely influential philosophical work of prose poetry, Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet is an inspirational, allegorical guide to living

First published in the 1920’s, The Prophet is perhaps the most famous work of religious fiction of the twentieth century, and has sold millions of copies in more than twenty languages. Gibran’s Prophet speaks of many things central to daily life: love, marriage, death, beauty, passion, eating, work and play. The spiritual message he imparts, of finding divinity through love, blends eastern mysticism, religious faith and philosophy with simple advice. The Prophet became the bible of 1960s culture and was credited with founding the New Age movement, yet it still continues to inspire people around the world today. This edition is illustrated with Gibran’s famous visionary paintings.

‘His work goes on from generation to generation’
Daily Mail

‘To read it was to transcend ordinary levels of perception, to become aware … of a more intense level of being’
Independent

Additional information

Weight 0.22 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 13.2 × 1.4 cm
Book_author

Gibran, Kahlil

Publisher

Penguin Classics

Imprint

Penguin Classics

Cover

Hardback

Pages

xv, 108

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

811.52 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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