Description"The Prophet", by Lebanese-American poet and artist Kahlil Gibran, is one of the world\'s most famous books.
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This masterpiece of spiritual wisdom, told in 26 prose and poetry fables, is widely considered one of the most beautiful books ever written.
The diverse topics he discusses include love, marriage, laws, freedom, pain, friendship, religion, death, and most every important aspect of the human condition.
These varied religions are evident in the wisdom that the main character, Al Mustafa, shares with his fellow shipmates in "The Prophet".
Gibran was greatly influenced by his Catholic upbringing, as well as Islam, Sufi mystics, Western Classicism and Romanticism, surrealism, and the Bahai Faith.
Gibran began working on "The Prophet" in 1912 and continued perfecting his most well-known work for over a decade.
While he received little education as a child, he became a serious art student as a young adult and studied at the Acad mie Julian in Paris.
Gibran was born to a poor, Christian family in Lebanon in 1883 and emigrated to America with his mother and siblings at age 12.
Published in 1923, it has been translated into over one hundred languages and has sold nearly ten million copies in the United States.
Description"The Prophet", by Lebanese-American poet and artist Kahlil Gibran, is one of the world\'s most famous books
