The story is inspired by the various eastern religions that Gibran grew up around, such as Sufi mysticism, Islam, and including his own, Maronite. The book is a collection of short essays on wisdom and human experience, such as love, pain, loss, children, and friendship. It runs about ...
Gibran drew a following for his "prose poems," which were more accessible than traditional Arabic works and explored themes of loneliness and a loss of connection to nature. He published a pamphlet on his love for music in 1905, and followed with two collections of short stories. Meanwhile, ...
crime and punishment, laws, teaching, time, pleasure, religion, death, beauty and friendship. Corresponding to each chapter are evocative drawings by Gibran himself.Love and marriageFoolish is the person, the prophet says, who 'would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure', for to wish ...