Brazilian author Paulo Coelho not only writes about self-fulfillment and personal happiness, he also embodies his success stories. The best-selling author now turns The books of Paulo Coelho, the world's most successful contemporary Brazilian author, are not marketed as the works of an author from Brazil.
That might be one of Coelho's greatest triumphs: He managed to break with the expectations associated with homeland-bound Brazilian authors. Coelho's territorial independence made him the most famous Brazilian author abroad. His books have been translated into 81 languages and published in countries. Over million copies have been sold. Coelho clearly distinguishes himself from other Brazilian authors.
His books do not feature the tropical opulence characterizing Jorge Amado's renowned works, nor the urban violence found in Paulo Lins' best-seller, "City of God," which was also adapted into a movie. Coelho's first books were based on his impressions of a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela along the Way of Saint James. When they came out in the s, nothing could have predicted the success of "The Alchemist," published in Brazil in The title became the most-sold Brazilian book ever, landing simultaneously on best-seller lists in 18 countries.
Read more: In vogue: pilgrimage on Camino de Santiago. Born on August 24, , in Rio de Janeiro, Coelho went through several phases of soul searching. He grew up in a Catholic family, but was opposed to religion as young man. As a student, he experimented with drugs and occultism. After a short stint as the director of the record company CBS in Brazil, he decided to focus on writing. Meanwhile, he had returned to the Catholic faith.
Coelho's religious explorations, ranging from mysticism to monotheism, were well received in the Western world. Coelho became something of a literary guru for spirituality. When you write a book, use your experience.
You should care to share your soul and not to please other writers. On note-taking : If you want to capture ideas, you are lost. You are going to be detached from emotions and forget to live your life. You will be an observer and not a human being living his or her life. Forget taking notes. What is important remains, what is not important goes away. On research : If you overload your book with a lot of research, you are going to be very boring to yourself and to your reader.
Books are not there to show how intelligent you are. Books are there to show your soul. On writing : I write the book that wants to be written. This enchanting novel revives themes dear to readers of Paulo Coelho, as the storyteller weaves a narrative that mixes love, passion, mystery and spirituality.
Pilar and her companion first meet during childhood, but remain nothing more than acquaintances until they run into each other again 11 years later. She is a woman who has learned to be strong and not get overwhelmed by her feelings. He is a man who has the gift to heal others and seeks in religion a solution to his internal conflicts. Both are united by the desire to change and to pursue their dreams.
To achieve this, they will have to overcome the usual obstacles faced by those who are lost: fear of failure, and prejudice. Paulo Coelho tells this story with poetic and modern dialogue, but also plunges us into the mysteries of the divine. It is the July 14, With crusaders at the gates of their city, the inhabitants of Jerusalem crowd around a mysterious man known as the Copt to hear his last teachings.
The crowd, composed of Christians, Jews and Muslims, who previously lived in harmony, are preparing for battle, defeat and slaughter. But far from any war strategy is the lesson of life that is given to them. Manuscript is an invitation to rethink our humanity, and poses a seminal question: which values remain when everything else is destroyed?
Maktub is a collection of stories and parables that represent a colorful treasure of wisdom. Due to the success of his column, the author decided to select his favorite texts to publish for his global audience. A famous writer abandons all the principles governing his life when his wife disappears without a trace. Over a journey that will take him from Paris to Central Asia, he crosses the steppe and the desert to find something that gives a greater meaning to his life.
Paulo Coelho revisits ancient myths and distant traditions to evoke themes of love, the pilgrimage of self-knowledge, and the origins of belief. He talks about freedom and solitude, wondering about the future of man in search of stability, love and spirituality.
The adopted daughter of a rich Lebanese family, Athena moved to London when war broke out in their country, a war which she predicted. At university, she falls in love with a man who gets her pregnant. The young couple overcome difficulties and marry against the wishes of their families, but their union does not last.
Now a mother, Athena cannot help thinking of the woman who brought her into the world, and sets out to find her, wanting to understand how she could have abandoned her child. What she will discover during the trip will change the course of her life and those of her loved ones.
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