Prophet by Robin Waterfield
In a new definitive biography Robin Waterfield traces the influences that made Gibran, from the decadence of fin-de-siecle Boston to the vigour of Greenwich village in its heyday before the First World War. He explores Gibran's development from wounded Romatic and angry young man to his final metamorphosis as the Prophet of New York. While looking at Gibran's development as a writer, the biography also offers fresh insights into his life and loves, completely reappraising all of the remaining primary sources on Gibran's life and character. Behind the legendary, best-selling phenomenon there was a real man - a man who loved and lost, and was in many ways unhappy, and ended up by burning himself out with overwork and alcoholism.
Robin Waterfield is a renowned authority on Gibran and his work. He commissions religious and New Age works for Penguin's Arkana list and has translated a number of ancient Greek texts for Penguin Classics and Oxford University Press. His anthology of Kahlil Gibran's work, THE VOICE OF KAHLIL GIBRAN, was published by Arkana in 1995.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780713992090 |
| ISBN 10 | 0713992093 |
| Title | Prophet |
| Author | Robin Waterfield |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1998-08-06 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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