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octophile's review against another edition
2.0
The shock of realizing I had only a few weeks left to reach my reading goal this year spurred me to find the shortest publicly available book on my list - I may have shortchanged Mr. Gibran in this sense but while some concepts are kinda cool most just seem sorta faux deep to me.
vikramx's review against another edition
4.0
The book itself is quite minuscule and contains short parables each replete with a deep philosophical message relevant to mortal vanities & nature . Some of the "stories" are literally just two lines , yet it took me while to grasp it's profundity ; my favorite being "The Lost Language" .
debasmita_d's review against another edition
4.0
"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us."
A dream like experience it was. So vague yet so clear. The Madman was my fourth Gibran and the best so far. After a certain time that you spend reading his works you realize that even though his words are often simple they do come from the depths of thoughts.
This piece mostly contains parables (and a few poems) and The Sleep-Walkers and Ambition made me stare blankly at the pages and this is coming from a person who is quite shallow-minded.
A dream like experience it was. So vague yet so clear. The Madman was my fourth Gibran and the best so far. After a certain time that you spend reading his works you realize that even though his words are often simple they do come from the depths of thoughts.
This piece mostly contains parables (and a few poems) and The Sleep-Walkers and Ambition made me stare blankly at the pages and this is coming from a person who is quite shallow-minded.
capy's review against another edition
2.25
I know faces, because I look through the fabric my own eye weaves, and behold the reality beneath.
in my 20s finding out that parables are associated with the religion imposed on me in my childhood... phew!! 'the prophet' left a bigger impression on me as a whole but, given that this was the author's first english book, it was still a fun little read — 'the seven selves', 'the eye' and 'the two learned men' being my favorites of the stories