The Wanderer

About the Book

This book was written by Gibran in English, and it was published one year after his death. In the book, the writer uses the character of the satirist of people’s fallacies, the traditions of society, and its backward values. He criticizes and ridicules society and its widespread hateful qualities such as arrogance, pride, and ignorance, and his criticism also extends to philosophers and their limited partial characteristics. His book includes about fifty stories and tales inspired by the East and its customs, and in writing them he relied on the satirical, mocking critical style, and all the stories are not devoid of symbolism. The importance of the works produced by Gibran is that they are directed to all people and not to a specific sect, in which he addresses the human soul in all its conditions and passions, and addresses it in all times and places. He always calls for reform in his writings, revealing people in their reality, and drawing for them the path in which there is salvation from the torment that was caused by fear and ignorance.

About the Author

Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese essayist, poet, painter, and philosopher. He was a member of the “Mahjar Poets” association, which he co-founded with Lebanese authors such as: “Mikhael Naimy”, “Elia Abu Madi”, and “Ameen Rihani”. He held many exhibitions of the paintings he drew, and presented many works of novels and poetry in both Arabic and English.
He published his first work, “Nafthah fi Fan al-Musiqa” (A Sigh in the Art of Music), in 1905, which tended to be emotional and passionate, and was an immature work about music.