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El Zahir : Una Novela de Obsesion (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Paulo Coelho (Author)
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May 17, 2005

El narrador de El Zahir es un aclamado autor de renombre internacional que vive en Francia y disfruta de los privilegios que le otorgan su fama y su dinero. Esther, su esposa de hace diez años, es corresponsal de guerra y a pesar de su éxito profesional, y su relativa libertad de los confines tradicionales del matrimonio, se enfrenta a una crisis existencial que la atormenta silenciosamente. Un día, Esther desaparece con su amigo Mikhail -- quien podría o no ser su amante -- y, perplejas ante la ausencia de indicios, las autoridades deciden cuestionar al narrador. Todos se preguntan si Esther fue secuestrada o asesinada, o si fue que simplemente decidió abandonar un matrimonio que la dejaba insatisfecha. El narrador no tiene las respuestas pero poco a poco comienza a interrogarse sobre su propia existencia.

Sin embargo un día, Mikhail, el hombre con quien Esther fue visto por última vez, encuentra al narrador y promete llevarlo a donde se encuentra su mujer. Se embarcan un viaje que los lleva del suntuoso glamour de Paris, a Kazakhstan, el lugar de origen de Mikhail. Y es en este misterioso lugar, marcado por una historia a la vez trágica y espiritualmente poderosa, que el narrador comienza a hacer sorprendentes descubrimientos sobre si mismo.

Esta evocadora novela escrita por el aclamado autor de los bestsellers internacionales El Alquimista y Once Minutos es la fascinante historia de una obsesión por recuperar un amor perdido, y una búsqueda por comprender cómo se relaciona con la libertad, la realización personal, y la necesidad que cada cual tiene de alcanzar sus metas.


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“If you read Coelho’s book The Alchemist, then you should definitely read this.... There’s really no one else like him.” (Vibe )

“A fast-moving, captivating, both satirical and thoughtful novel about love and desire.” (Edmonton Journal (Alberta) )

“Fans of Paulo Coelho will love this eloquent meditation on commitment--as will anyone who’s ever been in a relationship.” (Marie Claire )

“Coelho is a novelist who writes in a universal language.” (New York Times )

“An enlightening story of faith and the reclamation of pure love.” (Library Journal )

“Likely to entrance even the most cynical of readers.” (Bloomberg.com )

About the Author

Paulo Coelho, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, is one of the bestselling and most influential authors in the world. The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage, The Valkyries, Brida, Veronika Decides to Die, Eleven Minutes, The Zahir, The Witch of Portobello, and The Winner Stands Alone, among others, have sold 115 million copies in more than 160 countries.


Paulo Coelho naciÓ en Brasil en 1947 y es uno de los autores con mÁs influencia de hoy dÍa. Conocido mundialmente por el bestseller internacional El Alquimista, Coelho ha vendido mÁs de 100 millones de libros en todo el mundo, los cuales han sido traducidos a 68 idiomas y publicados en 150 paÍses. Paulo Coelho escribe una columna semanal que se publica en los periÓdicos mÁs importantes del mundo.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Rayo; aFirst Edition First Printing edition (May 17, 2005)
  • Language: Spanish
  • ISBN-10: 0060831316
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060831318
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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 Compostella, 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 Brida (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 Folha de S'o Paulo entitle Maktub (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 Prym (2000), the compilation of traditional tales in Stories for parents, children and grandchildren (2001), Eleven Minutes (2003), The Zahir (2005)

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 Compostella 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 Transiberrian 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 (http://paulocoelhoblog.com), Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/paulocoelho) & Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paulo-Coelho/11777366210). He is equally present in media sharing sites such as Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=paulabraconnot) and Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulo_coelho/sets) , 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 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/experimental-witch where he invites his readers to adapt to the screen his book The Witch of Portobello. You can still subscribe in this experiment!

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 http://piratecoelho.wordpress.com of his work.

 

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Oportuno y sincero, August 5, 2005
This review is from: El Zahir : Una Novela de Obsesion (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
Un muy buen libro. Lo leí justamente en un momento en que las tensiones en el trabajo y de la vida diaria y familiar me tenían un poco estresado. Un momento donde las metas que me propuse desde muy joven ya han sido alcanzadas: tener mi empresa, casarme, tener hijos.
Este libro me ha ensenado que las metas deben ser replanteadas constantemente y no dejar que al cumplirlas nos demos por satisfechos. Y la forma de lograrlo es mirando la vida y a nuestros seres queridos con la pureza del sentimiento del amor. Para lograrlo es necesario que cada persona tenga tiempo y espacio para pensar y reconocer quienes somos, quienes fuimos y como queremos ser recordados. "murió mientras estaba vivo".
Si buscas un libro que te ayude a ser feliz como cuando enamorado este es tu libro!
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Bueno, pero lejos de ser su mejor obra, November 15, 2005
This review is from: El Zahir : Una Novela de Obsesion (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
Yo he sido un gran admirador de la obra de Coelho por mas de una decada. Desde que lei "El Alquimista" hasta "Once Minutos" su capacidad de escribir solo parecio mejorar en cada libro. Asi que al enterarme de la publicacion de "El Zahir" no pude evitar sino lanzarme a la libreria para comprar mi copia.

Encontre decepcionante la mayoria del libro. Al llegar mas alla de la mitad, ya habia encontrado varias de las perlas de sabiduria a las que Coelho nos tiene acostumbrados, pero el libro en su mayoria no lograba mantenerme interesado. La historia resultaba debil, mayormente, sin mucha coherencia ni desarrollo muy claro. Estuve a punto de dejar de leerlo, pero decidi terminarlo. Afortunadamente asi fue, porque en el tercio final del libro volvio a relucir la capacidad narrativa que ha hecho legendario a Coelho, llegando a su pico en las paginas finales.

Si uno no es un fanatico muy grande de su trabajo (o de la lectura, en general) dudo que uno estaria dispuesto a esperar "tanto" para poder disfrutar de Coelho en todo su esplendor. Es por eso que solo le doy cuatro estrellas (casi tres, de hecho). Para trabajos mejores de Coelho, mejor leer "Veronika Decide Morir", "El Demonio y la Señorita Prym", "Once Minutos" o "El Peregrino".
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars What love is really about, June 23, 2005
This review is from: El Zahir : Una Novela de Obsesion (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)
A journey taken by the central character.. obsessed.. Zahir..for her beloved wife whom she lost for the reasons unknown to him.. In this journey he meets characters like Mikhail,Dos.. people who make him know about what love is really about..People who let his wife know the truth.. Liberate them from their personal history..telling them love should manifest itself freely and untrammeled, guiding us with force and driving us on..not expecting the way you love other the pther person is going to love you the same.. a understanding of nature of love, power of destiny and what it means to follow your heart..
Worth reading..
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