This Man from Lebanon: a Study of Kahlil Gibran
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This Man from Lebanon: a Study of Kahlil Gibran

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This Man from Lebanon: a Study of Kahlil Gibran

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Not a chronological biography but an account of what Kahlil Gibran was about and what he believed in as told by his closest friend and personal secretary who knew him during the last seven years of his life. Includes some of his paintings and etchings and snippets of his poems and writings. Records the personal history of the Lebanese poet and painter, vividly recreating his personality and philosophy.Author of this book, Barbara Young, was an art and literary critic at the New York Times early in the 20th century, and a poet. She met Kahlil Gibran at a reading of his work The Prophet and became his personal secretary and confidante from 1925 until his death in 1931.

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Publisher
Rare Treasure Editions
Year
2024
ISBN
9781774648414
Topic
Letteratura
Subtopic
Biografie in ambito letterario

Table of contents

  1. FOREWORD
  2. I “I WAS A SMALL VOLCANO”
  3. II “DANGEROUS, REVOLUTIONARY, AND POISONOUS TO YOUTH”
  4. III “WE HAVE HARNESSED OUR EARTH”
  5. IV “THE MAGIC OF THE ARABIC”
  6. V “WHY AM I HERE?”
  7. VI “TRUTH IS HERE”
  8. VII “A MIST CARVED INTO AN IMAGE”
  9. VIII “IS IT THE VOICE . . . OF THE ARABIC PEOPLE?”
  10. IX “WORDS ARE TIMELESS”
  11. X “THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE”
  12. XI “OUR FRIEND AND BROTHER”
  13. XII “WHEN THE NIGHT OF THE TWELFTH AEON FELL”
  14. XIII “PITY THE NATION”
  15. XIV “I MYSELF AM A PROBLEM”
  16. XV “VIGOROUS AND FULL OF LIVING FORCE”
  17. XVI “ONCE MORE . . . IT IS FINISHED”
  18. XVII “READY AM I TO GO”
  19. XVIII “PEACE BE WITH YOU”
  20. XIX “WE HAVE ETERNITY”
  21. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE