The Prophet (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) Hardcover – 1 December 2018

Great experience and superb quality. I'm really happy to get this awesome book.

"The Prophet" is basically a philosophical prose poetry. It is actually a prose,contentwise but when you actually read it,you find yourself reciting those lines in the book like you recite a poem. I also tend to call it a spiritual friction as this book holds an enriching experience in itself . The language used is an ancient old English literature,so you kinda find it difficult to understand the words. I had to browse many of the words to grasp them well..The plot of the book goes like a man called The Prophet has to leave the country in which he has been presently residing to go back to his native place. At the time of his departure, people of this country asks him questions about many facets of life. The answers to these questions are very beautifully given and I personally felt teaches the mysteries of way of life. The book comprises of twenty six(26) poetic essays which talks man's relation with fellow men and mastery of life. It includes the concepts of freedom,love,marriage,children,laws,joy and sorrow, death and many more..Reading this book feels like meditating. You donot just read what's written in, you actually observe what's in the book. I felt like this is a life story of every human on earth. Though a short read, I took it very long to complete it,still I donot feel like I have observed everything that the book had to give. If you want to look over life with a spiritual eye,you gotta definitely give this a read.~Maleka Jabeen.

Among one of the persecuted religions, there's one known as Bahai. They have been pushed away from countries like Iran and Egypt, and as often happens they found a shelter in India. The famous Lotus Temple in Delhi is a Bahai Temple. Well-known philosopher and poet Khalil Gibran was a follower of Bahai religion. He wrote the world famous book The Prophet probably under influences of Sufi traditions. This book seldom needs an introduction.It is a fusion of Eastern and Western mysticism, which was first published in 1923. Since then it has been a bestseller selling more than 9 million copies in over 40 different languages. This classic work is a collection of twenty-six inspiration prose poems, presented as sermons delivered by a sage who is returning to his homeland. The book is in public domain and out of copyright in many countries. It's movie adaptations and audio books are also freely available. The subjects covered include love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.This is a must read on my list and I often recommend it as a gift for young people.

I'll first talk about the material and then about the product (edition).Material.I have this practice when i'm reading a book i underline those great and catchy phrases and sentences.Trust me I didn't underline a single word in this book.Not because nothing was great,but because everything was great.Each and every word Phrase, and sentence is handpicked and the whole prose is fine crafted to perfection. This is gonna touch your heart, that too very deep and will make you think for hours maybe even days. One of the greatest piece of spiritual fiction and prose poetry ever written. The true master piece from kahlil Gibran.That's all about the material.Product.Coming to this very product ,this is the greatest edition a work like this can afford at this rate.This material truly deserve a presentation like this.The book cover and the whole presentation itself is a piece of true art.Also 16 paintings of Khalil Gibran has been reproduced from the original book which is also great and thought provoking.The ideal piece for collection and gifting. Truely worth the price...

"Much of your pain is self chosen."When reality sounds beautiful.I am the one mesmerized here like it's the first ever book I have read in my life....If there's one book I have to read combined all the philosophical, self-help, and whatever there is to give the best of how life should be then I must say this is the one.I really do not understand what happened the first few times I picked up this book during these past few years trying to read it but not feeling the words when I did.But today happened to be the day the book took hold of me and said what it had to.And like a fleeting wisp of life, I felt understood."A seeker of silences am I, and what treasure have I found in silences that I may dispense with confidence?"This little book speaks too much truth that if I happened to read it on a day I needed to be rescued I would have cried like I was dying relieved that I was saved.It talks about loneliness and solitude yet it does not glorify them.It explains about love in terms of what we would have felt about hate but it's the reality of it.It further talks about marriage, children, about giving and receiving, and much about everything else.Just read this book today.Actually I am speechless.

Delivery was delayed by a whole week.Overall Book was received in Good condition. Paper Quality is OK.Binding is not too good

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