Author: Kahlil Gibran. Translated from the Arabic by H.M. Nahmad, Introduced by Robert Hillyer. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, USA, 1950, 1st Edition (This is the 21st printing 1973). Printed in USA. Almost New Condition HARDCOVER BOOK, Almost New Condition Dust Jacket, with a small light spine stain that does not affect the book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9 x 6 inch, 197 pages.
A TEAR AND A SMILE, The Sole Complete Authorized Version, by Kahlil Gibran, contains a collection of beautiful verse and prose in the romantic style for which he is famed. This fascinating work is thoroughly recommended for all those interested in the poetry of the human condition and the wonders of being alive.
A Tear and a Smile contains 56 parables, stories, and poems. It is considered the most important edition to the canon of this Gibran. Khalil Gibran was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer. As a young man he emigrated with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary career. His Romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature he is still celebrated as a literary hero.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kahlil Gibran: full Arabic name Gibran Khalil Gibran, (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer of the New York Pen League. Kahlil Gibran was born in the town of Bsharri in the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate, Ottoman Empire (north of modern-day Lebanon), to Khalil Gibran and Kamila Gibran (Rahmeh). As a young man Kahlil emigrated with his family to the United States, where he studied art and began his literary career, writing in English and Arabic.
In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In Lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero. He is chiefly known in the English-speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose. The book sold well despite a cool critical reception, gaining popularity in the 1930s and again, especially in the 1960s counterculture. Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind only Shakespeare and Laozi.
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