Broken Wings
Khalil Gibran
Paperback - 96 pages (November 1998)
Penguin USA (Paper); ISBN: 0140195513
Broken Wings tells the tale of a love doomed by the restrictions of a cruel society. The narrative highlights many of Gibran's concerns about the plight of Eastern women, wealth as an impediment to happiness, the greed and corruption of the clergy, and the overwhelming power of love.