The Madman: His Parables and Poems - Softcover

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THE MADMAN HIS PARABLES AND POEMS CONTENTS HOW I BECAME A MADMAN GOD MY FRIEND THE SCARECROW THE SLEEP-WALKERS THE WISE DOG THE TWO HERMITS ON GIVING AND TAKING THE SEVEN SELVES WAR THE FOX THE WISE KING AMBITION THE NEW PLEASURE THE OTHER LANGUAGE THE POMEGRANATE THE TWO CAGES THE THREE ANTS THE GRAVE-DIGGER ON THE STEPS OF THE TEMPLE THE BLESSED CITY THE GOOD GOD AND THE EVIL GOD DEFEAT NIGHT AND THE MADMAN FACES THE GREATER SEA CRUCIFIED THE ASTRONOMER THE GREAT LONGING SAID A BLADE OF GRASS THE EYE THE TWO LEARNED MEN WHEN MY SORROW WAS BORN AND WHEN MY JOY WAS BORN "THE PERFECT WORLD" Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese writer, poet, and visual artist. Gibran was born in the town of Bsharri in the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, Ottoman Empire (north of modern day Lebanon), to Khalil Gibran and Kamila Gibran (Rahmeh). As a young man Gibran emigrated with his family to the United States, where he studied art and began his literary career, writing in both English and Arabic. In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In Lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero. The Madman, The Broken Wings, The Prophet,Spirits Rebellious, Kahlil Gibran

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