Description
Tear and a Smile-Kahlil Gibran
Format: Hardcover
- 1972
Condition:
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Like new interior-no visible wear
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slight tear in dust cover on the bottom
- Some smudging on dust cover
- protected by brodart archival covering
Author: Kahlil Gibran
Publication Date:1972 copyright 1950
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Summary:
I would that my life remain a tear and a smile.
A tear to purify my heart and give me understanding
Of life's secrets and hidden things.
A smile to draw me nigh to the sons of my kind and
To be a symbol of my glorification of the gods.
Kahlil Gibran was the author of the prophet. 1883-1931
Poet, philosopher, and artist born in Lebanon.
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.
Our copy is from 1972 when his work enjoyed a resurgence as a mystical voice. It has some smudges on the cover but it is a great addition to your library of spiritual and mystical inspiration.