{"product_id":"gibran-kahlil-prophet-tpb","title":"Gibran, Kahlil: The Prophet (HC)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePenguin Classics, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: January 15, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \"My all-time favorite collection of poems . . . [Gibran's] poetry always roots me in my humanity.\" --Rupi Kaur, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMilk and Honey, The Sun and Her Flowers, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHome Body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA stunning new hardcover edition--with a full linen case, copper stamping, turquoise gilded edges, and colored endpapers--of one of the world's most beloved and popular spiritual classics, featuring a new foreword by Rupi Kaur\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Penguin Classics Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most famous work of spiritual fiction of the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eThe Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e is rooted in Kahlil Gibran's own experience as an immigrant and provides inspiration to anyone feeling adrift in a world in flux. As a prophet named Almustafa is about to board a ship to travel back to his homeland after twelve years in exile, he is stopped by a group of people who ask him to share his wisdom before he leaves. In twenty-eight poetic essays, he does so, offering profound and timeless insights on many aspects of life, including love, pain, friendship, family, beauty, religion, joy, sorrow, and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn immediate success when first published in 1923, \u003ci\u003eThe Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern classic, having been translated into more than forty languages and sold more than ten million copies in the United States alone. The message it imparts, of finding divinity through love, made it the bible of 1960s culture and continues to touch hearts and minds across generations and national borders. This edition is illustrated with twelve of Gibran's famous visionary paintings and features a foreword by Rupi Kaur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43056657858583,"sku":"9780143133582","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/9780143133582.jpg?v=1757015307","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/gibran-kahlil-prophet-tpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}