The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
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Author: Kahlil GibranReader: Becky Ann Baker
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2006-10-03
ISBN: 0739333283
Publisher: Random House Audio
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Book Review: "Almustafa, the chosen and the beloved..."
Summary: 4 Stars
Kahlil Gibran's THE PROPHET is a singular book. Clearly inspired by a Higher Power (by any name we wish to call it) the author's quill was dipped in light, not ink as he wrote. Such is the substance of what is written on the page.
The simple elegance of the language of THE PROPHET very much lends itself to public readings, and there have been many audio recordings of THE PROPHET released over the years.
This is one of the more unremarkable ones. Reader Paul Sparer has an impressive stentorian voice, but his habit of interjecting unnecessary rococo flourishes in his speech detracts from this recording. THE PROPHET needs no such flourishes. Nor does it need the inconsistent moments of flute music between chapters, especially as the playing is both shrill and tuneless. More consistency and less stridency (and perhaps some lute notes) might have added to this recording rather than diminished it.
This recording comes on 2 CDs, split very unevenly. A better quality product could have this book entirely on one disc. The reading and packaging is merely average. The material, however, is not.
THREE AND A HALF STARS for the CD, FIVE BY FIVE for Gibran's genius.
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