Language | English |
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ISBN-10 | 0007278594 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-00-727859-6 |
No of pages | 266 |
Font Size | Medium |
Book Publisher | Harper |
Published Date | 03 Mar 2008 |
The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist. In 1986, PAULO COELHO did the pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostela, an experience later to be documented in his book The Pilgrimage.
In the following year, COELHO published The Alchemist. Slow initial sales convinced his first publisher to drop the novel, but it went on to become one of the best selling Brazilian books of all time.
Other titles include Bride (1990), The Valkyries (1992), By the river Piedra I sat Down and Wept (1994), the collection of his best columns published in the Brazilian newspaper Fulham de São Paulo entitle Makutu (1994), the compilation of texts Phrases (1995),
The Fifth Mountain (1996), Manual of a Warrior of Light (1997), Veronika decides to die (1998), The Devil and Miss Prim (2000), the compilation of traditional tales in Stories for parents, children and grandchildren (2001), Eleven Minutes (2003), The Zahira (2005), The Witch of Portobello (2006) and Winner Stands Alone (to be released in 2009).
During the months of March, April, May and June 2006, Paulo Coelho traveled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostela in 1986. He also held surprise book signings - announced one day in advance - in some cities along the way, to have a chance to meet his readers.
In ninety days of pilgrimage the author traveled around the globe and took the famous Rancierian train that took him to Vladivostok. During this experience Paulo Coelho launched his blog Walking the Path - The Pilgrimage in order to share with his readers his impressions.
Since this first blog Paulo Coelho has expanded his presence in the internet with his daily blogs in WordPress, Myspace & Facebook. He is equally present in media sharing sites such as YouTube and Flickr, offering on a regular basis not only texts but also videos and pictures to his readers.
From this intensive interest and use of the Internet sprang his bold new project: The Experimental Witch where he invites his readers to adapt to the screen his book The Witch of Portobello.
Indeed Paulo Coelho is a firm believer of Internet as a new media and is the first Best-selling author to actively support online free distribution of his work.
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Brida is the tale of a young Irish woman who is on a quest to understand the deeper mysteries of life. Brida has always been interested in magic and wants to learn more about being a witch. Her quest leads her into strange places and encounter with many interesting characters who help her find the answers she is seeking.
Brida is young, has a good job, a great boyfriend who really loves her and is quite happy in other ways as well. But, she still longs to go on a spiritual quest, a journey of self-discovery. She meets a man who lives deep in the forest who teaches her to conquer fear and have faith in the goodness of the world.
She meets a woman who opens up her heart to the secret music of the world. Through these two people, she is initiated into the Tradition of the Sun and the Tradition of the Moon. She has her moments of doubt and distrust but she eventually begins to accept her wise mentors and their teachings.
As she makes new discoveries and learns about souls and soul mates, she begins to question the values and relationships she developed in her old life before she met her teachers. She then has to resolve her new faith with her relationships and find a balance between the two.
This is an English translation from the original Portuguese novel by Coelho and it was published by Harper in 2008. This is a paperback edition.
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