Spirits Rebellious - Couverture rigide

We are proud to bring together in one volume TWO classics by Khalil Gibran -writer of "The Prophet"- . Gibran's father was arrested for fraud and his mother was a peddler... However, he was capable to write great poems and short stories full of beauty and tranquility. He took his suffering and transformed it into a positive philosophy and powerful writing. The Broken Wings is considered Gibran’s best writing in Arabic. The prose poem, set in Lebanon, is written in the first person and skillfully uses everyday words. The author engages the reader in a depiction of emotion, alienation, and the longing for connections. ‘Spirits Rebellious’ compiles three independent stories that announce Gibran’s rebellious though process. When it was published, Lebanon was under Turkish rule and virtual slavery. The book declared freedom, liberation, justice for all and talked about humility in humanity. It was burned publicly in Lebanon and Gibran was forced in exile.

Khalil Gibran (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer of the New York Pen League. Born in the town of Bsharri in the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, Ottoman Empire (north of modern-day Lebanon), as a young man he immigrated with his family to the United States, where he studied art and began his literary career, writing in both English and Arabic. In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In Lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero. He is chiefly known in the English-speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose.