Conversations with Paulo Coelho, Paulo Coelho

Since the publication of The Alchemist, he has been one of the most widely read authors in the world. One of the most loved and also one of the most criticized. But do we really know who Paulo Coelho is? Here, he reveals himself by recounting the major stages of his life: his childhood in Rio between an engineer father and a very devout mother, his years with the Jesuits, his beginnings in writing, and his three successive internments at the request of his parents who deemed him too unconventional; his participation in guerrilla and hippie movements, his experiences with drugs and black magic, and finally, his conversion in 1979 during a visit to a concentration camp. Paulo Coelho also talks about women and their influence in his life, about writing and how he sees himself as a writer. These conversations trace a rich and very diverse journey, which takes detours before finding its way. And they reveal a complex and contrasting personality, whose quiet certainty is unsettling.

Anne Carrière

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