Kahlil Gibran
The New and the Marvelous
Written work
The New and the Marvelous
البدائع والطرائف
An anthology of prose pieces, poems and essays published in Cairo by Yusuf Bustani, gathering work from 1912–1922: portraits of figures such as Ibn Sina, al-Ghazali and Ibn al-Farid, reflections on the Arabic language and the short drama 'Iram, City of Lofty Pillars'. It shows Gibran's interest in Islamic mysticism and his will to renew Arab culture.
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العربية
Kahlil Gibran
البدائع والطرائف
The Conscious Libraryالبدائع والطرائف
Yusuf Bustani, El Cairo, 1923
Primera edición.
Other works by Kahlil Gibran
- Music (A Profile of the Art of Music) · 1905
- Nymphs of the Valley · 1906
- Spirits Rebellious · 1908
- The Broken Wings · 1912
- A Tear and a Smile · 1914
- The Madman · 1918
- The Processions · 1919
- Twenty Drawings · 1919
- The Tempests · 1920
- The Forerunner · 1920
- The Prophet · 1923
- Sand and Foam · 1926
- Jesus, the Son of Man · 1928
- The Earth Gods · 1931
- The Wanderer · 1932
- The Garden of the Prophet · 1933
- Prose Poems · 1934
- A Treasury of Kahlil Gibran · 1951
- Thoughts and Meditations · 1960
- A Self-Portrait · 1959
- Beloved Prophet · 1972
- Lazarus and His Beloved · 1973
- Blue Flame: The Love Letters of Kahlil Gibran to May Ziadah · 1979
Sources
- Bushrui, Suheil y Jenkins, Joe. Kahlil Gibran, Man and Poet: A New Biography. Oxford: Oneworld, 1998.
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