Prophet: the Life and Times of Kahlil Gibran

In a new dfinitive biography Robin Waterfield traces the influences that shaped Gibran, from the decadence of fin de siècle Boston to the vigour of Greenwich Village in its heyday before the First World War. He explores Gibran's development from wounded Romantic and angry young man to his final metamorphosis as the Prophet of New York. Robin Waterfield traces Gibran's development as an artist and as a writer - from his revolutionary short Arabic pieces to the confident biblical cadences of his maturer English works - and offers fresh insights into his life and loves. In doing so, he completely reappraises all of the remaining primary sources on Gibran's life and character, and offers an entirely new synthesis. This biography offers both a thorough treatment of Gibran's life and work, and extraordinary insights into his character.