In The Broken Wings Kahlil Gibran tells the story of his ill-fated love for Selma, the exquisite daughter of a rich man of Beirut. It is a tale of great beauty, told with simplicity and tenderness, which delves beyond the joys and sorrow of his own love to the meaning of all human life and happiness. We see how the taboos and restrictions of a society, whilst giving great power to a few, can corrode and break the human spirit. Kahlil Gibran writes with a rare compassion which makes of this simple love story a work both profound and poetic.