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First published in 1923, The Prophet is a collection of twenty-six poetic fables that centre around the prophet Al Mustafa, who, boarding a boat in the city of Orphalese, where he has lived for many years, prepares to sail home. On the voyage Al Mustafa is approached by a group of travellers, with whom he discusses deep topics – love, friendship, passion, pain, religion – and The Prophet becomes a manual and spiritual guide. This edition features the original illustrations prepared by the author, as well as an introduction by Dr Daniele Nunziata, which introduces the great work for a new generation.

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'I have loved many books over the years, but the one I would never be parted from and read again and again is The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran.' (Lesley Pearse, The Independent)

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Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and artist, best remembered for The Prophet, one of the best-selling books of all time. Dr Daniele Nunziata is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Oxford. He specialises in postcolonial and world literatures, and teaches at St Anne’s College and the Oxford Prospects and Global Development Institute. His first book is Colonial and Postcolonial Cyprus: Transportal Literatures of Empire, Nationalism, and Sectarianism (2020). His research has been published widely in various peer-reviewed journals, including PMLA and the Journal of Postcolonial Writing, and he contributes to Great Writers Inspire and Writers Make Worlds. He received an ECR Research Grant Award from St Anne’s College, and co-chairs conferences with Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation and Meeting Minds Global. Nunziata’s poetry has been published in many international journals, including Poetry London, and has been broadcast live on BBC Radio.

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