Kahlil Gibran His Life and World
by Jean Gibran, Kahlil Gibran
Product Description
Drawing on masses of new and rediscovered ma terial, this text describes Gibran''s boyhood in Lebanon, his family''s impoverished years in turn-of-the century Boston, and his eventual friendship with that city''s intellectual an d artistic elite. '
About the Author
The two authors are unusually qualified to present this story. The younger Kahlil Gibran, a noted sculptor, is the poet's cousin and namesake. Over a thirty-year period, he was entrusted with a formidable body of work left by the poet. Jean Gibran, a school teacher, has worked closely with her husband in researching this biography.
Drawing on masses of new and rediscovered ma terial, this text describes Gibran''s boyhood in Lebanon, his family''s impoverished years in turn-of-the century Boston, and his eventual friendship with that city''s intellectual an d artistic elite. '
About the Author
The two authors are unusually qualified to present this story. The younger Kahlil Gibran, a noted sculptor, is the poet's cousin and namesake. Over a thirty-year period, he was entrusted with a formidable body of work left by the poet. Jean Gibran, a school teacher, has worked closely with her husband in researching this biography.
Biography & AutobiographyLiterary Figures
RELEASED1992
PUBLISHERCanongate
LENGTH456
LANGUAGEEN
Kahlil Gibran His Life and World
by Jean Gibran, Kahlil Gibran
Product Description
Drawing on masses of new and rediscovered ma terial, this text describes Gibran''s boyhood in Lebanon, his family''s impoverished years in turn-of-the century Boston, and his eventual friendship with that city''s intellectual an d artistic elite. '
About the Author
The two authors are unusually qualified to present this story. The younger Kahlil Gibran, a noted sculptor, is the poet's cousin and namesake. Over a thirty-year period, he was entrusted with a formidable body of work left by the poet. Jean Gibran, a school teacher, has worked closely with her husband in researching this biography.
Drawing on masses of new and rediscovered ma terial, this text describes Gibran''s boyhood in Lebanon, his family''s impoverished years in turn-of-the century Boston, and his eventual friendship with that city''s intellectual an d artistic elite. '
About the Author
The two authors are unusually qualified to present this story. The younger Kahlil Gibran, a noted sculptor, is the poet's cousin and namesake. Over a thirty-year period, he was entrusted with a formidable body of work left by the poet. Jean Gibran, a school teacher, has worked closely with her husband in researching this biography.
Biography & AutobiographyLiterary Figures
RELEASED1992
PUBLISHERCanongate
LENGTH456
LANGUAGEEN