The Prophet

The prophet, Al Mustafa, has lived in the city of Orphalese for 12 years and is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses topics such as life and the human condition. The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death. This book, wich is Gibran's masterpiece has become one of the moste beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than 100 languages, making it one of the most translated books in history and has solded more than ten million copies in its english edition. Cadenced and vibrant with feeling, the words of Kahlil GIBRAN bring to one's ears thes majestic rhythm of Ecclesiasters. If there is a man or woman who can read this book without a quiet acceptance of a great man's philosophy and a quiet acceptance of a great man's philosophy and a singing in the heart as of music born within, that man or woman is indeed dead to life and truth. The Chicago PostTHE COMING OF THE SHIPON LOVEON MARRIAGEON CHILDRENON GIVINGON EATING AND DRINKINGON WORKON JOY AND SORROWON HOUSESON CLOTHESON BUYING AND SELLINGON CRIME AND PUNISHEMENTON LAWSON FREEDOMON REASON AND PASSIONON PAINON SELF KNOWLEDGEON TEACHINGON FRIENDSHIPON TALKINGON TIMEON GOOD AND EVILON PRAYERON PLEASUREON BEAUTYON RELIGIONON DEATHTHE FAREWELL