Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Paulo Coelho Books
Paulo Coelho Pilgrimage
Before he became a writer, Coelho had passed the test which determined his further life. Brazilian a writer - puzzle did on foot a way in the length of seven hundred kilometers on ancient medieval road to Compostella, city where the followers of the Christian doctrine go to till now.
In his first book "Diary of the Magician (Pilgrimage)" the writer shared with us his secret impressions about self-knowledge, about that spiritual awakening which he felt during his pilgrimage.
Without that wandering there wouldn't be either legendary "Alchemist", or scandalous "Eleven minutes", or vital "Book of the Warrior of Light.
Paulo Coelho Devil and Miss Prym
Inhabitants of a village are full of greed cowardice and fear. It is a man who is pursued by phantoms of his painful past. It is a young woman who is in search of happiness.
Within one intense week full of events the problems of life, death and power appeared before each of them and everyone had to choose his/her own way. Will they choose kindness or evil?
Paulo Coelho Alchemist
"Alchemist" is a favorite book of the rich and the poor in 117 countries of the world.
To achieve an embodiment of the destiny is the only real duty of the person... All people while they are still young know the destiny... But eventually mysterious force begins to convince them that to achieve an embodiment of their destiny is impossible.
This force seems to be spiteful, but actually it specifies to the person how to embody the destiny. It prepares his spirit and his will for it. On this planet there is one great true: when you really wish something, you will achieve it; in fact such desire had arisen in the soul of the Universe. And it also is your applicability on the Earth.
Paulo Coelho Zahir, The
It is quite probable, that soon critics will name "Zahir" to be the best of the well-known Brazilian writer's novels. However, it happened almost with each new book of Paulo Coelho. And sensational "Alchemist", and vital "Veronica decides to die", and scandalous "Eleven minutes" - all these products in due time were declared to be the thing due to which the name of the author remains in centuries.
But "Zahir" is not just the next best seller. It is the book of personal revelation, something like a confession submitted as a subject narration. The main hero - a popular writer, once a native of the backward country "where even there is no own literary tradition", hippie and addict, and nowadays a respectable inhabitant of France, rich and known - so looks like Coelho himself, that it will be difficult for reader to distract from the idea, that the story goes about the invented character, but not about the author.
But "Zahir" is not just the next best seller. It is the book of personal revelation, something like a confession submitted as a subject narration. The main hero - a popular writer, once a native of the backward country "where even there is no own literary tradition", hippie and addict, and nowadays a respectable inhabitant of France, rich and known - so looks like Coelho himself, that it will be difficult for reader to distract from the idea, that the story goes about the invented character, but not about the author.
Paulo Coelho Warrior of Light
"Book of the Warrior of Light" invites each of us to plunge into the world of our dream, to perceive unpredictability of life easily and to be worthy of our unique destinies. Paulo Coelho helps each of us by a unique style to find out our own warrior of light in ourselves.
Short inspiring parables invite us to take on a way of the warrior, on the way of those who appreciate magic of life; those who admit their defeats and do not stop; those who search for Their Path and find it.
Short inspiring parables invite us to take on a way of the warrior, on the way of those who appreciate magic of life; those who admit their defeats and do not stop; those who search for Their Path and find it.
Paulo Coelho Eleven minutes
"I aspire to overtake love, and it is painful for me to think of people to whom I gave my heart. And still now it is obvious, that people exciting my heart, left my body to be indifferent; those who managed to excite my body, left my heart to be indifferent ".
In this diary note seventeen-year-old Maria, the heroine of the last novel of Paulo Coelho "Eleven minutes", opens the purpose of those searches to which this touching and exciting book is devoted. Maria was disappointed in love and sex, and an image of two in love, merged with soul and a body in ideal harmony, becomes an unattainable Utopia for her.
In this diary note seventeen-year-old Maria, the heroine of the last novel of Paulo Coelho "Eleven minutes", opens the purpose of those searches to which this touching and exciting book is devoted. Maria was disappointed in love and sex, and an image of two in love, merged with soul and a body in ideal harmony, becomes an unattainable Utopia for her.
Paulo Coelho By the River Piedra
"On the bank of Rio-Pjedra..." is the first of the novels of the trilogy "On the seventh day" which also consists of "Veronica decides to die" and "Devil and Senioritis Prim". All three novels tell us about one week from the life of the young women who suddenly found themselves before a call which is necessary to be replied immediately. Her life was changed forever when she met a childhood friend.
Paulo Coelho The Fifth Mountain
"The fifth mountain" is a masterful and fascinating story about a 23-year Ilia-prophet living in IX century AD. Because of the threat of execution Ilia had to leave native country. He finds a shelter in a fine ancient city of Akbare, in the home of a young widow and her son.
It is painfully difficult for Ilia to keep the sanctity in the world tormented by tyranny and wars, and else he has to choose between the love which has opened to him for the first time and deep feeling of duty...
Describing drama adventures in the bright and chaotic world of the Near East, Paulo Coelho turns the story about the prophet Ilia into an extraordinary touching poem about test of human belief. "The fine fairy tale about destiny... "
It is painfully difficult for Ilia to keep the sanctity in the world tormented by tyranny and wars, and else he has to choose between the love which has opened to him for the first time and deep feeling of duty...
Describing drama adventures in the bright and chaotic world of the Near East, Paulo Coelho turns the story about the prophet Ilia into an extraordinary touching poem about test of human belief. "The fine fairy tale about destiny... "
Paulo Coelho Veronica Decides to Die
"Veronica Decides to Die" is a fine and encouraging giving force book. It is written in excellent style and full of ironical metaphors. It is a realistic story about love for life in front of the death, calling to perceive every day as a miracle.
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