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Drawing on masses of new and rediscovered ma terial, this text describes Gibran''s boyhood in Lebanon, his family''s impoverished years in turn-of-the century Boston, and his eventual friendship with that city''s intellectual an d artistic elite. '
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The two authors are unusually qualified to present this story. The younger Kahlil Gibran, a noted sculptor, is the poet's cousin and namesake. Over a thirty-year period, he was entrusted with a formidable body of work left by the poet. Jean Gibran, a school teacher, has worked closely with her husband in researching this biography.
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- PublisherCanongate Pub.
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0862413788
- ISBN 13 9780862413781
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages456
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KAHLIL GIBRAN: His Life and World
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(1992)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Thus. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Drawing on masses of new and rediscovered material, this text describes Gibran''s boyhood in Lebanon, his family''s impoverished years in turn-of-the century Boston, and his eventual friendship with that city''s intellectual and artistic elite. ' With the immense global popularity of The Prophet, myths about its author, Kahlil Gibran, were an inevitability. This biography, written by the heirs of Gibran's estate--the co-author was a sculptor and actually knew the man--is a breath of fresh air among the mediocre accounts that abound. Acolytes hang on the coat-tails of the great spiritual thinker, penning anecdotal or entirely fabricated tales about him--but Jean Gibran, a highly literate Boston academic (much like Mary Haskell, the author Gibran's great supporter) and her late husband, the author's namesake, Kahlil Gibran, embraced a respect for research and truth in this modern, readable, and illuminating account of a 13 year old Lebanese boy who escaped poverty and violence with his family by coming to Boston, moving to Manhattan, and soaring to the heights of international influence and fame. A rare unvarnished and insider's view of a towering world figure. Ref F 1. Seller Inventory # 032071
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