Broken Wings: A NovelWhite Cloud Press, 1998 - 121 من الصفحات In Broken Wings, Kahlil Gibran uncovers the glory and pain of young love. This loosely autobiographical story is in the tradition of Romeo and Juliet, but with Gibran's characteristic lush Oriental settings and images. A young Kahlil is introduced to Faris Karama, a wealthy and good-hearted merchant of Beirut, and his daughter, Salma. Kahlil and Salma are deeply attracted to on another and continue to meet regularly, with the blessings of Faris Karama. But a powerful priest, Father Ghalib, in order to gain access to the Karama fortune, demands that his son be allowed to marry Salma. |
المحتوى
CONTENTS | 1 |
AT THE DOOR OF THE TEMPLE | 17 |
LAKE OF FIRE | 45 |
حقوق النشر | |
3 من الأقسام الأخرى غير ظاهرة
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
appeared Arabic Arabic literature Archbishop Paul Ghalib Astarte awaken beauty Beirut beloved blind body bowed breast Broken Wings child daughter dawn death depths despair dreams ears earth embraced emotion eternity everything eyelids eyes face faded Faris Karama father feeling filled flowers garden gazing ghosts Gibran girl gloom glory grave grave digger grief happiness head heard heart heaven human imagine impa Jesus of Nazareth KAHLIL GIBRAN kissed leave Lebanon life's light lips listening live looked Mansur Bey Ghalib moon mother mysteries nephew night pain passed phantoms Ras Beirut rays remained rose Salma Karama secrets shadow sigh silence smile soaring Song of Solomon songs sorrow soul speak spirit spring stand stared stood stories sublime sweetest thing Symbolist Syria tears temple thoughts throne trees trembling turned tween veil voice walked whisper wine wings of death woman words young youth