'Kahlil Gibran his Background, Character and Works' has been heralded as the definitive work on Gibran & the best and most scholarly assessment of Gibran in English made by an arab. Khalil Hawi, who was able to see the poet both in terms of the west and his Arab cultural tradition. Illustrated by sepia coloured Gibran drawings & b/w. photo's. of letters & manuscripts & a young Kahlil Gibran.
