The Broken Wings - Softcover

Kahlil Gibran

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ISBN 10: 8185944725 ISBN 13: 9788185944722

Publisher: UBS Publishers Distributors, 1993

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Broken Wings tells the tale of a love doomed by the restrictions of a cruel society. The narrative highlights many of Gibran's concerns about the plight of Eastern women, wealth as an impediment to happiness, the greed and corruption of the clergy, and the overwhelming power of love.

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From the Back Cover:

Kahlil Gibran deeply stirred readers the world over with "The Prophet", a modern classic of surpassing beauty and moral grandeur. In "The Broken Wings", the Lebanese poet-philosopher reveals the same artistry and wisdom that have enshrined his name in the hearts of millions as an "Immortal Prophet" and a "Dante of the Twentieth Century".

This is the exquisitely tender story of a love that beats desperately against the taboos of Oriental tradition. With great sensitivity and lyricism, Gibran describes his passion as a youth for Selma Karamy, the beautiful girl of Beirut who first unfolded to him the secrets of love. But it is a love that is doomed by a social convention which forces Selma into marriage with another man.

Portraying the exalted happiness and infinite sorrow of his relationship with Selma, Gibran at the same time probes the spiritual meaning of human existence with profound compassion. And he does so in a poetic prose that has magic and majesty.

About the Author:

Kalhil Gibran (1883-1931) emigrated to the United States from Lebanon at the age of 12. A prodigy in art, he initially gained some fame in New York as painter. But he gained his greatest recognition as an iconoclasitc writer of spiritual literature, including his best known work, THE PROPHET.

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