Der Prophet.

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Khalil Gibran: Der Prophet. (Paperback, 2001, Benziger)

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Published Sept. 1, 2001 by Benziger.

ISBN:
978-3-530-26800-3
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5 stars (1 review)

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Beautiful

5 stars

Translated into forty languages and never out of print since its 1923 publication, The Prophet is one of those books that I 'should' have read years ago. I'm not sure if I would have appreciated it so much in my twenties though as I do in my forties. Gibran's name has cropped up relatively frequently in other novels I have read over the past couple of years so I thought it was time to give his writing a try. To be honest, I expected to be underwhelmed, reading as if this was a school-chosen book. I did not expect his words and ideas to be so easily accessible, to feel how relevant this book is to my own life, or to enjoy the gorgeous prose and imagery so much.

The Prophet is essentially a religious book so, as an atheist, I made assumptions before the first page. In reality, while …