The Madman, His Parables and Poems, by Kahlil Gibran

Description

An early and spirited work by the Lebanese poet-philosopher Kahlil Gibran, The Madman gathers brief parables, fables and poems that overturn conventional wisdom with wit and tenderness. Through the voice of one who has gone mad with truth, Gibran probes freedom, self-knowledge, love and the masks we wear in society. Written in the luminous, aphoristic style that would later blossom in The Prophet, it is a short, powerful companion for the reflective reader in the Arabic literary tradition.