The Broken Wings
by Kahlil Gibran
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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Synopsis
This is the exquisitely tender story of love that beats desperately against the taboos of Oriental tradition. With great sensitivity, Gibran describes his passion as a youth for Selma Karamy, the 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 happiness and infinite sorrow of his relationship with Selma, Gibran at the same time probes the spiritual meaning of human existence with profound compassion. "We stood up and bade each other farewell, but love and despair stood between us like two ghosts, one stretching his wings with his fingers over our throats, one weeping and the other laughing hideously."
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- Bookseller
- Burke's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34416
- Title
- The Broken Wings
- Author
- Kahlil Gibran
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- The Citadel Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
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- Philosophy;
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