Le Prophète - Gibran, Khalil

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Résumé :
Le Proph?te est un livre constitu? de 26 fables ?crites dans une prose po?tique en anglais par le po?te et philosophe libano-am?ricain Kahlil Gibran. Il a ?t? publi? pour la premi?re fois en 1923 et est l'?uvre la plus c?l?bre de Khalil Gibran. Le Proph?te a ?t? traduit dans plus de 100 langues, en faisant un des livres les plus traduits dans l'histoire. Ses r??ditions n'ont jamais cess?. Le r?cit nous pr?sente le proph?te Almustafa, qui a attendu douze ann?es qu'un navire vienne finalement le chercher, pour le ramener dans sa terre natale. Avant son d?part, des habitants de la cit? d'Orphalese lui demandent une derni?re fois de partager ses r?flexions sur diff?rent sujets (?Parle nous de...?). Le proph?te prononce alors 26 sermons qui traitent de questions quotidiennes de la vie humaine, ? savoir l'amour, le mariage, les enfants, le don, la nourriture, le travail, la joie et la tristesse, la maison, les v?tements, le commerce, le crime et le ch?timent, les lois, la libert?, la raison et la passion, la souffrance, la connaissance de soi, l'enseignement, l'amiti?, la parole, le temps, le bien et le mal, la pri?re, le plaisir, la beaut?, la religion, et enfin la mort. Dans le chapitre final, Almustafa entrem?le ? son discours de d?part une r?flexion sur le sens. ---------- The Prophet is a book of 26 fables written in English prose poetry by the Lebanese-American poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran. It was first published in 1923 and is Gibran's best known work. The Prophet has been translated into over 100 languages, making it one of the most translated books in history. It has never been out of print. The narrative introduces us to the Prophet Almustafa, who has waited twelve years for his ship, which will finally take him back to his homeland. Before leaving, some inhabitants of the city of Orphalese ask him to convey to them his insights on various topics for the last time (Speak to us of...). The Prophet relates 26 sermons that deal with basic questions of human life, such as love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punish?ment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and finally death. In the final chapter, Almustafa interweaves a discussion about the question of meaning into his parting words....

Biographie:
1883-1931. Khalil Gibran, writer, philosopher and, by all accounts, the third most popular poet in history after Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu, was born in the town of Bsharri in the north of Lebanon into a disadvantaged Maronite Christian family. Despite his challenging early childhood, Gibran rose to the level of world renowned author after his mother and siblings emigrated to Boston in America when he was twelve years old. The likes of Fred Holland Day, a pioneering artist, photographer and publisher and Mary Elizabeth Haskell, a well-to-do headmistress, were influential and supportive figures from early on in his career. Gibran wrote many acclaimed works in both Arabic and English. 'The Madman', published in 1918, was the first book he wrote in English while his 1923 work, 'The Prophet', is notably Gibran's best-selling book.

Sommaire:
Le Proph?te est un livre constitu? de 26 fables ?crites dans une prose po?tique en anglais par le po?te et philosophe libano-am?ricain Kahlil Gibran. Il a ?t? publi? pour la premi?re fois en 1923 et est l'?uvre la plus c?l?bre de Khalil Gibran. Le Proph?te a ?t? traduit dans plus de 100 langues, en faisant un des livres les plus traduits dans l'histoire. Ses r??ditions n'ont jamais cess?. Le r?cit nous pr?sente le proph?te Almustafa, qui a attendu douze ann?es qu'un navire vienne finalement le chercher, pour le ramener dans sa terre natale. Avant son d?part, des habitants de la cit? d'Orphalese lui demandent une derni?re fois de partager ses r?flexions sur diff?rent sujets (?Parle nous de...?). Le proph?te prononce alors 26 sermons qui traitent de questions quotidiennes de la vie humaine, ? savoir l'amour, le mariage, les enfants, le don, la nourriture, le travail, la joie et la tristesse, la maison, les v?tements, le commerce, le crime et le ch?timent, les lois, la libert?, la raison et la passion, la souffrance, la connaissance de soi, l'enseignement, l'amiti?, la parole, le temps, le bien et le mal, la pri?re, le plaisir, la beaut?, la religion, et enfin la mort. Dans le chapitre final, Almustafa entrem?le ? son discours de d?part une r?flexion sur le sens. ---------- The Prophet is a book of 26 fables written in English prose poetry by the Lebanese-American poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran. It was first published in 1923 and is Gibran's best known work. The Prophet has been translated into over 100 languages, making it one of the most translated books in history. It has never been out of print. The narrative introduces us to the Prophet Almustafa, who has waited twelve years for his ship, which will finally take him back to his homeland. Before leaving, some inhabitants of the city of Orphalese ask him to convey to them his insights on various topics for the last time (Speak to us of...). The Prophet relates 26 sermons that deal with basic questions of human life, such as love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punish?ment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and finally death. In the final chapter, Almustafa interweaves a discussion about the question of meaning into his parting words....