A TREASURY OF KAHLIL GIBRAN Hardback Book with Dust Jacket Translated by Anthony Rizcallah Ferris Edited by Martin L. Wolf Over 415 pages Copyright © 1962 by The Citadel Press " Kahlil Gibran, author of The Prophet, is known throughout the world as The Immortal Prophet of Lebanon and The Savant of his Age. The very heart of the mystic East emerges in this monumental volume of the magnificent poetry and prose that he wrote in his beloved mother-tongue, Arabic. " " Translated superbly into English, here are nine great books, gathered together into one great volume as beautiful as its contents, and now available to Gibran's immense number of admirers in America. " " In these writings, the Dane of the Twentieth Century offers verses and lyric prose which possess all the grandeur of rich music. Here are great truths and heartening joys, drawn from the tears and sufferings of man. Here are pages that sparkle with simile and symbolism, of which Gibran is the world's unquestioned master. " " And here is the profound exaltation of a great soul that has found salvation in the heart of sorrow. In this book you will find wistful beauty, fierce anger, spellbinding majesty, and the abiding peace that Eastern wisdom seeks eternally in contemplation. " " At the same time tender and powerful, simple and tremendous, these writings show clearly why Gibran ranks so high in the world of fine literature. The nine books which make up A TREASURY OF KAHLIL GIBRAN contain the texts of Secrets of the Heart, Tears and Laughter, and Spirits Rebellious, together with hitherto unpublished writings by Gibran, which are included in the brilliant introduction by the distinguished Gibran scholar, Martin L. Wolf. " Contents include: " PREFACE BOOK ONE A Poet's Voice Song of the Rain The Tempest The Life of Love The City of the Dead Song of Fortune Satan BOOK TWO The Creation Slavery John the Madman We and You The House of Fortune Two Infants The Day of My Birth BOOK THREE The Criminal Have Mercy on Me, My Soul The Widow and Her Son Eventide of the Feast Song of the Wave Iram, City of Lofty Pillars The Crucified BOOK FOUR My Countrymen Behind the Garment Peace Song of the Soul Laughter and Tears Ashes of the Ages and Eternal Fire Between Night and Morn Honeyed Poison BOOK FIVE Madame Rose Hanie Leave Me, My Blamer Vision Song of the Flower Society Song of Man BOOK SIX Khalil the Heretic The Poet Youth and Beauty Song of Love Contemplations in Sadness BOOK SEVEN The Cry of the Graves A Lover's Call The Palace and the Hut The Lonely Poet Secrets of the Heart Dead Are My People The Bride's Bed BOOK EIGHT The Procession The Mermaids The Ambitious Violet The Enchanting Houri The Grave Digger The Beauty of Death BOOK NINE Yesterday and Today Before the Throne of Beauty Two Wishes The Playground of Life Joy and Sorrow A Poet's Death Is His Life " This book is in good condition. There is moderate wear to the cover. The pages are yellowed due to aging, mostly around the edges. The dust jacket is very worn and torn. It has several rips and tears and has some aging spots on the inside. No torn or ripped pages. No other markings or writing. |