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The Forerunner

First published: 1920
Pages: 40

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This slim 1920 collection gathers a couple dozen parables and poems in which Gibran turns small fables toward large questions about the self. A man argues with his own shadow, a poet weighs love against solitude, a seed dreams of the orchard it might become. The pieces are brief and deliberately plain on the surface, yet each pushes toward a hard truth about pride, longing, or the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be. The tone sits somewhere between scripture and folk tale, the same voice readers know from The Prophet, which followed three years later. Gibran illustrated the original edition himself. Offered here as a free PDF and EPUB for readers drawn to his short, contemplative work.

About the author

Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) was a Lebanese-American poet, essayist, and painter. Born in Bsharri in what is now Lebanon, he emigrated as a boy to Boston. A leading figure of the Arab emigre literary movement, he is best remembered for The Prophet, one of the best-selling books of the century.