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The Madman: His Parables and Poems

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Widely known in The us as creator of The Prophet, which sold more copies in the 20th century than any other book but the Bible, the great Lebanese-American poet and artist Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) first became known to Americans in 1918 with the publication of The Madman.
Thought-provoking and inspiring, the book is a selection of memorable, life-affirming parables and poems, many of them casting an ironic light on the beliefs, aspirations, and vanities of humankind — and plenty of paying homage to the work of Tagore and Nietzsche, either one of whom were strong influences on Gibran.
Among the 35 poems and parables in this volume are “How I Became a Madman,” “The Two Hermits,” “The Wise Dog,” “The Good God and the Evil God,” “Night and the Madman,” “The Three Ants,” “When My Sorrow Was once Born,” “And When My Joy Was once Born,” and plenty of more.
The book includes several illustrations by the creator, whose exquisite drawings are paying homage to Rodin and the most efficient of Blake. “. . . the greatest of Arab Romantics and father of a 20th-century Romantic tradition whose have an effect on on Arab writers has been a minimum of as strong as that of 19th-century figures such as Wordsworth and Keats on their English-speaking counterparts.” — Dr. Suheil Bushrui, Director of the Kahlil Gibran Chair on Values and Peace, University of Maryland


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