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Résumé : Paulo Coelho was born in Brazil and has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today. Prior to his career as a bestselling author, he was a playwright, theatre director, hippie and popular songwriter for some of Brazil's most famous POP stars. Renowned for The Alchemist, he has sold more than 31 million books worldwide and has been translated into 51 languages. He is the author of The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage, The Valkyries, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, The Fifth Mountain and Veronika Decides to Die. Paulo Coelho: Confessions of a Pilgrim offers readers a chance to get to know Paulo Coelho's dramatic, inspirational life story for the first time. Coelho has always been a non-conformist, constantly searching for new paths and savouring both the good and the bad that came his way. After an unorthodox career path, he turned to writing and has become one of the most successful authors in the world. This intimate portrait by Juan Arias offers Paulo's compelling first-hand accounts of his experiences of: Being confined to a mental institution as a young man simply because he was an artist; Kidnapping and torture by paramilitaries; Encounters with block magic and drugs; An epiphany at Dachau and a vision he hod of his own death; The nature of writing and the spiritual quest.

Pilar is an independent and practical yet restless young woman, frustrated by the daily grind of university life and looking for greater meaning in her existence. Her life is forever transformed by an encounter with a childhood friend, now a mesmerizin

Santiago, un jeune berger andalou, part à la recherche d'un trésor enfoui au pied des Pyramides. Lorsqu'il rencontre l'Alchimiste dans le désert, celui-ci lui apprend à écouter son coeur, à lire les signes du destin et, par-dessus tout, à aller au bout de son rêve. Merveilleux conte philosophique destiné à l'enfant qui sommeille en chaque être, ce livre a déjà marqué une génération de lecteurs.

Revue de presse “An exciting tale.” (Library Journal)“A universal quest toward an expanded view of life.” (Dan Millman, author of THE WAY OF THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR)“The keys to self-mastery...wrapped in suspense and adventure.” (Body Mind Spirit)“Among Latin American writers only Columbia’s Gabriel Garcia Marquez is more widely read than Brazil’s Paulo Coelho.” (The Economist) --Ce texte fait référence à l'édition Broché .