| Al-Ajniha Al-Mutakassira ( Arabic Edition ) Contributor(s): Gibran, Kahlil (Author) |
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ISBN: 1717268021 ISBN-13: 9781717268020 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $5.69 Product Type: Paperback Language: Arabic Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: 892.735 |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.23 lbs) 68 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Al-Ajniha al-Mutakassira (The Broken Wings) is a poetic novel written by Khalil Gibran first published in Arabic in 1912. It is a tale of tragic love, set in turn-of-the-century Beirut.A young woman, Selma Karamy, is betrothed to a prominent religious man's nephew. The protagonist (a young man that Gibran perhaps modeled after himself) falls in love with this woman. They begin to meet in secret, however they are discovered, and Selma is forbidden to leave her house, breaking their hopes and hearts. The book highlights many of the social issues of the time in the Eastern Mediterranean, including religious corruption, the rights of women (and lack thereof), and the weighing up of wealth and happiness. |