In the city of Orphalese, Almustafa has waited twelve years for a ship to take him home. As it arrives, the people ask him to speak, and he replies on love, marriage, children, work, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, pleasure, beauty, religion and death. Kahlil Gibran's short poetic text blends Christian, Sufi and Romantic influences, with a mild, non-dogmatic tone and a rhythm drawn from scripture.
A small book to keep close, and a first step into Gibran. It is often read aloud at ceremonies and suits slow, repeated reading.
Deep, inward-looking, contemplative and open-ended; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Mindful Reader. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- ALBOURAQ
- ISBN
- 9782841618903
- Language
- FR
