Paulo Coelho

Broschiertes Buch

The Witch of Portobello

Beschreibung

Aus der Sicht von Familie und Freunden entsteht das Porträt einer ungewöhnlichen Frau. Geboren in Transsylvanien, aufgewachsen in Beirut, beginnt sie in London ein neues Leben.

This is the story of Athena, or Sherine, to give her the name she was baptised with. Her life is pieced together through a series of recorded interviews with those people who knew her well or hardly at all -- parents, colleagues, teachers, friends, acquaintances, her ex-husband. The novel unravels Athena's mysterious beginnings, via an orphanage in Romania, to a childhood in Beirut ...

Autor

One of the most influential writers of our time, Paulo Coelho is the author of thirty international bestsellers, including The Alchemist, Warrior of the Light, Brida, Veronika Decides to Die, and Eleven Minutes. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and a United Nations Messenger of Peace. Paulo is the recipient of 115 international prizes and awards, among them, the Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur (Legion of Honor). Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, he soon discovered his vocation for writing. He worked as a director, theater actor, songwriter, and journalist. In 1986, a special meeting led him to make the pilgrimage to Saint James Compostela (in Spain). The Road to Santiago was not only a common pilgrimage but a turning point in his existence. A year later, he wrote The Pilgrimage, an autobiographical novel that is considered the beginning of his literary career. He lives in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harper / HarperCollins US
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 170mm x 103mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 140g
• ISBN-13: 9780061472770
• ISBN-10: 0061472778
• Artikelnr.: 22896163

Rezensionen

"Another uncanny fusion of philosophy, religious miracle and moral parable." - Publishers Weekly
"The Brazilian-born author of "The Alchemist" returns with this masterly novel about Athena, the illegitimate daughter of a Transylvanian gypsy adopted by well-to-do Lebanese parents." - Seattle Times
"Spiritualists and wanderlusts will eagerly devour The Alchemist author's firey diatribes about love, fear and the search for all things meaningful." - Washington Post
"Like his other novels, Paulo Coelho's latest, "The Witch of Portobello," is an incredibly beautiful read...vast skill..." - Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers
"We fell in love with The Devil and Miss Prym and believe the author's use of different voices contributing

to the story line in this new novel [The Witch of Portobello] even surpasses that beautiful read...It's a very fast read. I'm a slow reader, but I read this spellbinding masterpiece in two nights. I think the magical, lyrical and fascinating Athena will immediately become literature's first lady!" --Jake Reiss of Alabama Booksmith as quoted in Publishers Weekly - Publishers Weekly
"[Coelho's] special talent seems to be his ability to speak to everyone at once. The kind of spirituality he espouses is to all comers....In the memoirs, and in the introductions to his novels, he emphasizes his own flaws and failures, forgives himself for them, and, by extension, forgives his readers theirs. Coelho's plots tend to be allegorical, and his readers often say that they see their own lives in his own books....The writing is unadorned and pleasant to read..." - The New Yorker