Aşk, cesaret mi ister teslimiyet mi? Aşk, kavuşmak mı özgür bırakmak mı? Halil Cibran, aşkın maddi boyutunda başlayıp manevi kıyılarında son bulan bir hikâye anlatıyor. Gelenekler, kadınlık ve erkeklik, aile vb. toplumsal kimlikler üzerinden, incinmiş ama incitmeyen iki genç yüreğin hikâyesidir Kırık Kanatlar. Cibran’ın her zamanki coşkun dili, tıpkı bir şiir ırmağı gibi Beyrut’un güzel manzaraları eşliğinde akıp gidiyor. Karbon Kitaplar, Cibran’ın şiirsel belleğinden güçlü yansımalar içeren “Broken Wings”i İngilizce aslından Türkçeye çevirdi.
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Kahlil Gibran (Arabic: جبران خليل جبران ) was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer. Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon (then part of Ottoman Mount Lebanon), as a young man he emigrated with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary career. In the Arab world, Gibran is regarded as a literary and political rebel. His romantic style was at the heart of a renaissance in modern Arabic literature, especially prose poetry, breaking away from the classical school. In Lebanon, he is still celebrated as a literary hero. He is chiefly known in the English-speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose. The book sold well despite a cool critical reception, gaining popularity in the 1930s and again, especially in the 1960s counterculture. Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu.
