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Title:
Kahlil Gibran : beyond borders
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
Northampton, Massachusetts : Interlink Books, 2017.
Physical Description:
xix, 524 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781566560856

9781566560931
Abstract:
"A comprehensive biography of the life of artist-poet Kahlil Gibran and his development as an artist transcending geographical boundaries of East and West - includes many rare photographs and images of his work"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Born in Bsharri -- A city wilderness -- Bookmaking and bohemia -- Beirut -- "Pegasus harnessed to an ash-wagon" -- "A gallery of gracious and novel heads" -- Al-musiqa -- "The presence of a she-angel" -- Rebellious spirits in Paris -- Frontiers of friendship -- From Boston to New York -- Growing partnerships -- Work made visible -- War and famine -- A people's poet -- Awakening in the immigrant press -- No longer apart -- "O mist, my sister" -- "After all the debts are paid" -- The final years -- Homecoming -- Legacies.
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Language:
English
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