Sand and Foam

Gibran's ability to encapsulate a profound concept in two or three lines is incredible.

There's so much to think about on every page of this small book that it will require multiple readings to really appreciate what he's saying. That's not to say that he's obscure, because he's certainly not, he's mostly cuttingly precise and clear. It's that his message is, like most great teachers, a challenging one that for most of us (certainly me) would take a massive change of character and life-style to realise. Sadly, I'm far to lazy to make the changes, but maybe some of it will stick and I will be a little bit the better for it.

I bought another two of his books at the same time as this one and will read them soon: I want to learn more.

After just reading The Prophet I was looking forward to reading Sand and Fog. I was disappointed. The Prophet has an arc. It's in the background but it's there. It gives meaning to the rest, even though the rest is barely connected to the arc they feel consistent. In Sand and Foam there is the ocean. But it has barely any connection to the rest. The rest in The Prophet feel like expressions of the arc. In Sand and Foam they feel much less like they belong. It's hard to see any connection. Each is a separate statement. The illustrations show some consistency among themselves but seem to have nothing to do with the rest. There are many statements that make sense. Unfortunately there are many that lack the ring of truth. Sigh.

ما زلت مستمراً فى قراءة هذا الكتاب إلا أنني آثرت أن أكتب مراجعتي له - و كثيرا ما سأفعل لاحقا لكتب أخرى - أثناء القراءة لأكتب إنطباعاتي اللحظية مع الكتب الممتعة.

هذه أول قراءة لى لجبران ، و أظنها لن تكون الأخيرة - رغم ما رأيت من شطط فى بعض خواطره نابعة لموقفه من الدين عموما - ؛ لحكمة كثير مما كُتب !

خليط الأفكار و الخواطر المحكمة .. رملٌ و زَبَد اجتمعا معا دون تدبير

الترجمة رائعة جدا و أراها لا تخل بالمعنى ، بل show more العربية تزيده رونقاً !

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مقتطفات من الكتاب :

كثيراً ما نستعير من الغد لنردّ ديون الأمس !

لمما يُزهى به القتيل أنه ليس القاتل !

أمرُّ ما فى أحزان اليوم ذكرى سعادة الأمس ! show less

2.5

Aphorisms might be a bit much to say for this, more or less like platitudes and comments wrapped in poetic speech/writing, to seem more clever than they are.

Some good one-liners, but afterwards, mostly completely forgettable.

50 cent buy from the Hummelstown Library book sale.

2.5

Aphorisms might be a bit much to say for this, more or less like platitudes and comments wrapped in poetic speech/writing, to seem more clever than they are.

Some good one-liners, but afterwards, mostly completely forgettable.

50 cent buy from the Hummelstown Library book sale.

Aphorism poet and prophet who crossed both rivers once as a philosopher to attain wisdom then as a poet to attain title of prophet you have to think the strange hold secrets the common man starves from

انه جبـران وكفى :)
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تلك الكلمات التى تمس قلبك وروحك
وتثرى قريحتك ...
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