Author: Paulo Coelho

BOOK REVIEW: The Witch Of Portobello by Paulo Coelho

BOOK REVIEW: The Witch Of Portobello by Paulo Coelho

Posted June 17, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, Fiction, Reviews / 28 Comments

I hardly ever read Paulo Coelho books. I was disappointed by his world-renowned book The Alchemist. And then came The Aleph. But there is one book, one book that is different from every other Paulo Coelho’s book. The Witch of Portobello. It is a very different form of a book. It requires your full attention and you will be pleased. It is the only Coelho’s book I am ever going to recommend to you. This the story of Athena, a mysterious woman, the story itself told by many different flesh entities who knew her or did not know her at all. She was born in Romania and her parents, a successful industrialist family of Beirut adopted her, as their much-loved, much-wanted daughter, who grew in wisdom and […]

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Veronika Decides to Die: A Review for the MADNESS

Veronika Decides to Die: A Review for the MADNESS

Posted July 5, 2012 by @amanhimself in Books, Fiction, Reviews / 0 Comments

Veronika Decides to Die Author: Paulo Coelho “If one day I could get out of here, I would allow myself to be crazy. Everyone is indeed crazy, but the craziest are the ones who don’t know they’re crazy; they just keep repeating what others tell them to.” The fundamental question that the author puts forth on is what madness actually is. We all seem to have ideas on what madness is, but Coelho’s book provides an answer which we all know but have a kind of fear or hesitation to implement it. But yes, what is madness? Creating our own world and choosing to live in it, without concern about other things that do not matter. That what madness is. […]

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