[Pocket Edition] World Classics Library - Selected Prose Poems of Kahlil Gibran

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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Kahlil Gibran is the most outstanding and world-renowned writer from Lebanon, an Eastern literary master who stands shoulder to shoulder with Tagore. His representative works include The Prophet, Tears and Laughter, The Forerunner, and Sand and Foam. The modern Chinese famous writer Bing Xin and Mao Dun highly praised Gibran's prose poems and translated his works into Chinese in the 1920s. Bing Xin once remarked, "Gibran's prose poems are filled with the profound philosophy of the East and the flowing elegance of language, leaving me a deep impression!" The Prophet represents the highest achievement of Gibran's prose poetry and made him renowned worldwide. The West calls it "the philosophy of the great," while the Arab critic Nueman describes it as "deeply rooted in the soil of human life; as long as humanity exists, this tree lives." This book collects nine of Gibran's most representative prose poems, namely The Prophet, The Garden of the Prophet, Sand and Foam, Love and Thought, Short Chapters on Music, Tears and Laughter, The Madman, The Storms, and The Forerunner. The Prophet is one of Gibran's most beautiful and profound works, marking a peak in his poetic creation. This collection expresses Gibran's views on human history and the future. The Garden of the Prophet is a companion piece to The Prophet and Gibran's last prose poem. Sand and Foam is a prose poem collection of aphorisms and fables, containing Gibran's gems of wisdom on life and art. Love and Thought is a compilation of aphorisms, maxims, and short poems, embodying the sparks of Gibran's thoughts and wisdom. Short Chapters on Music is Gibran's first published work in this form, a long artistic lyrical prose that uniquely expresses his love for music and his understanding of its essence. Tears and Laughter is one of Gibran's most beautiful prose poems, showcasing his most concerned literary themes: love and beauty, nature, life philosophy, humanism, social critique, the poet's mission, and solitude, among others. The Madman is a prose poem collection published in English by Gibran. Most of the chapters in this collection are short and can be categorized as modern fables or philosophical stories. The Storms is one of Gibran's most powerful prose poems. The Forerunner is Gibran's second prose poem collection written in English, stylistically similar to the works in The Madman. Most of them take the form of philosophical stories or modern fables, while a few are typical lyrical prose poems filled with passion and direct expression.