The Broken Wings (1912)

by Kahlil Gibran

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This story was terribly tragic but at the same time comforting on some level. I don't think I have ever read a description of love at a spiritual level that was quite as well portrayed as this. The poetic language was lovely. It had an interesting mix of Islam, Christanity, Judaism and Ishtar blended into a wonderful spiritual philosophy.

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Kahlil Gibran	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Ferri, Anthony R.	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Gebroken vleugels

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1912

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To the one who gazes at the sun with unblinking eyes, grasps fire with steady hands, and listens to the song of the "Universal" Soul amidst the clamor and uproar of the blind. To M.E.H. I dedicate this book.

- Gibran

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I was 18 when love opened my eyes with its enchanted rays and touched my heart for the first time with its blazing fingertips.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0806501901, Paperback)

Kahlil Gibran deeply stirred readers the world over with "The Prophet", a modern classic of surpassing beauty and moral grandeur. In "The Broken Wings", the Lebanese poet-philosopher reveals the same artistry and wisdom that have enshrined his name in the hearts of millions as an "Immortal Prophet" and a "Dante of the Twentieth Century".

This is the exquisitely tender story of a love that beats desperately against the taboos of Oriental tradition. With great sensitivity and lyricism, Gibran describes his passion as a youth for Selma Karamy, the beautiful girl of Beirut who first unfolded to him the secrets of love. But it is a love that is doomed by a social convention which forces Selma into marriage with another man.

Portraying the exalted happiness and infinite sorrow of his relationship with Selma, Gibran at the same time probes the spiritual meaning of human existence with profound compassion. And he does so in a poetic prose that has magic and majesty.

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