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Guide To The Classics: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran (original spelling at birth “Khalil”) is a strange phenomenon of 20th Century letters and publishing.
- Antonia Pont
- The Conversation
After Shakespeare and the Chinese poet Laozi, Gibran’s work from 1923, The Prophet, has made him the third most-sold poet of all time.
This slim volume of 26 prose poems has been translated into over 50 languages; its US edition alone has sold over 9 million copies.
Its first printing sold out in a month, and later, during the 1960s, it was selling up to 5,000 copies a…
It has seemingly been able to speak to various generations: from those experiencing the Depression, to the…