Book 11 - Kahlil Gibran "The Prophet"

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Kahlil Gibran "The Prophet" (Penguin Modern Classics)





Beautiful and short, this book is quite inspiring.

The framing of the story goes a bit like this; Almustafa is a venerable sage and the eponymous prophet. He has spent twelve years in a city called Orphalese waiting for the ship that will take him home. When the ship does come, it is time for Almustafa to depart and return to the place of his birth. However, Almustafa has won the hearts of the people and become one of their own, they don't want him to leave. When the local Seeress comes out though, they listen to his words of wisdom and Almustafa leaves.

Almustafa's words of wisdom cover just about all of the human condition. From Love and Marriage to Pain and Death, he discusses it all. So if you haven't yet read this, give it a try. It is pretty good.

Comments

[cmcmck]

It's a fabulous book!

[thewayne]

It's good for the occasional re-read. Is your brother familiar with it? I wonder if it might be useful right now.