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The Prophet

The Prophet – Khalil Gibran

‘The Prophet’ consists of 26 fables written by the poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. The chapters deal with 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. ‘The Prophet’ ist one of the most translated books in the world and has been translated into more than 100 languages.

The Prophet

The Prophet

Format: eBook.

The Prophet.

ISBN: 9783849652760.

 

Excerpt from the first chapter:

ALMUSTAFA, the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn unto his own day, had waited twelve years in the city of Orphalese … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Cane

Cane – Jean Toomer

‘Cane’ is a novel and possibly the best-known work by Jean Toomer. The novel is built up in a series of vignettes that deal with the origins and experiences of African Americans in the United States. The vignettes picture the South in sketches, short stories and poems by. A book whose tap roots run deep in the Southern soil, and whose music sways our emotions as only primitive desires can.

Cane

Cane

Format: eBook.

Cane.

ISBN: 9783849652753.

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Cane (from Wikipedia):

Toomer spent a great deal of time working on the structure of Cane. He said that the design was a circle. Aesthetically, Cane builds from simple to complex forms; regionally, it … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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