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Every time when I take a peaceful amble into my room
full of books, one book would be able to capture my attention. It was published
in 1923, written by Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet. It is the best-known creation
by the author so far. Once he was asked how he came to write it? 'Did I write
it?' he replied. 'it wrote me'.
This book has several topics of human life- birth,
death, marriage, love, children, work, giving, eating, and drinking, joy and
sorrow etc. Somewhat we can call it a spiritual poetic essay. It has the power
to penetrate your soul deep inside. The book starts with Almustafa, the chosen
and the beloved, who had waited twelve years for his ship to come back to take
him to his birthplace.
It was published in 1923 but still, relevant to our
lives and has a sheer beauty in every page. Almustafa speaks to the people of
Orphalese, about every day's topic of life and gives them hope. Each time when
I sit on my favorite couch to read this blissful piece, it gives me goosebumps.
On the introduction page of the 2002 edition of
penguin classic, it says, "...Gibran was later to claim that he first
dreamt of the book when he was a child in Lebanon. Later he was to say that he
kept the finished manuscript for four years before delivering it to the
publisher, because 'I wanted to be very sure that every word of it was the very
best I had to offer.' He said"
I recommend this book to everyone.
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