Kahlil Gibran: A Self-Portrait

This book by the author of "The Prophet" reveals his innermost self through his letters written between 1904 and 1930. They form a true self-portrait of the poet in the time of his greatest artistic productivity. These are Gibran's Boston & New York years, with an interlude in Paris, during which he studied under the sculptor Auguste Rodin. There are touching letters to his sister & other members of his family, there are thoughtful letters to Guraieb, the Editor who introduced him and impassioned letters to Ziadeh, the Lebanese writer with whom Gibran formed an extraordinary "literaary and love relationship" entirely through correspondence. He truly bares his soul completely in these great writings. He really was a brilliant man.