书目

The Collected Works

内容简介

(BookJacketStatus：Jacketed)Forthefirsttime，allthemajorworksofthisbelovedwriteraregatheredtogetherinonehardcovervolume.Poet，artist，andmystic，KahlilGibranwasbornin1883toapoorChristianfamilyinLebanonandimmigratedtotheUnitedStatesasanadolescent.Hismasterpiece，TheProphet，abookofpoeticessaysthathebeganwhilestillayouthinLebanon，isoneofthemostcherishedbooksofourtimeandhassoldmillionsofcopiesinmorethantwentylanguagessinceitspublicationin1923.ButallofGibran’sworks—essays，stories，parables，andprosepoems—areimbuedwithequallypowerfulsimplicityandwisdom，whethertheyareaddressingmarriageorchildren，friendshiporgrief，workorpleasure.Perhapsnoothertwentieth-centurywriterhastouchedtheheartsandmindsofsoremarkablyvariedandwidespreadareadership.IncludedinthisvolumeareTheProphet，TheWanderer，JesustheSonofMan，ATearandaSmile，SpiritsRebellious，NymphsoftheValley，ProsePoems，TheGardenoftheProphet，TheEarthGods，SandandFoam，TheForerunner，andTheMadman.

作者简介

KahlilGibranwasbornin1883inLebanonanddiedinNewYorkin1931.HisfamilyemigratedtotheUnitedStatesin1895.Inhisearlyteens,theartistryofGibran'sdrawingscaughttheeyeofhisteachersandhewasintroducedtotheavant-gardeBostonartist,photographer,andpublisherFredHollandDay,whoencouragedandsupportedGibraninhiscreativeendeavors.ApublisherusedsomeofGibran'sdrawingsforbookcoversin1898,andGibranheldhisfirstartexhibitionin1904inBoston.In1908,GibranwenttostudyartwithAugusteRodininParisfortwoyears.HelaterstudiedartinBoston.WhilemostofGibran'searlywritingwasinArabic,mostofhisworkpublishedafter1918wasinEnglish.Gibran'sbest-knownworkisTheProphet,abookcomposedof26poeticessays.,,

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