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by Kahlil Gibran
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ISBN: 0486419118 Dover Publications Price: $4.95 |
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Thought-provoking collection of life-affirming parables and poems by the author of The Prophet, many casting an ironic light on the beliefs, aspirations, and vanities of humankind. "How I Became a Madman," "The Two Hermits," "The Wise Dog," "The Good God and the Evil God," "Night and the Madman," many more. Three illustrations by the author.
Table of Contents for The Madman: His Parables and Poems
| GOD | |||||||
| MY FRIEND | |||||||
| THE SCARECROW | |||||||
| THE SLEEP-WALKERS | |||||||
| THE WISE DOG | |||||||
| THE TWO HERMITS | |||||||
| ON GIVING AND TAKING | |||||||
| THE SEVEN SELVES | |||||||
| WAR | |||||||
| THE FOX | |||||||
| THE WISE KING | |||||||
| AMBITION | |||||||
| THE NEW PLEASURE | |||||||
| THE OTHER LANGUAGE | |||||||
| THE POMEGRANATE | |||||||
| THE TWO CAGES | |||||||
| THE THREE ANTS | |||||||
| THE GRAVE-DIGGER | |||||||
| ON THE STEPS OF THE TEMPLE | |||||||
| THE BLESSED CITY | |||||||
| THE GOOD GOD AND THE EVIL GOD | |||||||
| "DEFEAT," | |||||||
| NIGHT AND THE MADMAN | |||||||
| FACES | |||||||
| THE GREATER SEA | |||||||
| CRUCIFIED | |||||||
| THE ASTRONOMER | |||||||
| THE GREAT LONGING | |||||||
| SAID A BLADE OF GRASS | |||||||
| THE EYE | |||||||
| THE TWO LEARNED MEN | |||||||
| WHEN MY SORROW WAS BORN | |||||||
| AND WHEN MY JOY WAS BORN | |||||||
| "THE PERFECT WORLD" |