PAULO COELHO is the author of many international best sellers,
including The Alchemist, Eleven Minutes, The Pilgrimage, The Fifth
Mountain, and Adultery, among others. He has been a member of the
Academy of Letters of Brazil since 2002 and in 2007 was named a
Messenger of Peace by the United Nations. In 2003, he received the
Guinness World Record for most translations of a single title (The
Alchemist) signed by the author in one sitting and several years
later, in 2009, he received a new Guinness World Record for most
translated author for the same book (also for The Alchemist).
Paulo Coelho’s books have been translated into 88 languages and
have sold more than 320 million copies in more than 170 countries.
His novel, The Alchemist, one of the most influential books of all
time, has sold more than 85 million copies and has been cited as an
inspiration by people as diverse as Malala Yousafzai and Pharrell
Williams. He has received numerous prestigious international
awards, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the
Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur, to name a
few.
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“A new tale of magical longing. . . . Masterful.” —San
Francisco Chronicle
“Coelho is a novelist who writes in a universal language.”
—The New York Times
“It’s time for American readers to set out on a journey of
discovery that will lead them to the works of this exceptional
writer.” —USA Today
“[Coelho’s] books have had a life-enhancing effect on millions of
people.” —The Times (London)
“Spiritualists and wanderlusts will eagerly devour The Alchemist
author’s fiery diatribes about love, fear, and the search for all
things meaningful.” —The Washington Post
“Aleph is a book written by the soul, and for the soul. At
once tender and fiercely courageous, it challenges you with an
embrace while seducing you with a discerning blade that
points directly at the heart of what matters most in life
and death. And when you have finished the last word on the last
page, even if your logical mind doesn’t completely understand all
that you’ve read, your eternal spirit will be
dancing with joy.” —Cecilia Samartin, author of Broken Paradise
“Vivid, captivating. . . . So engaging that readers will not want
to put it down for even a fraction of a second. As the author sets
out on his journey, the reader gets the sense that, he too, is
embarking on the same voyage.” —The International Herald
Tribune
“[A] chimerical tale. . . . There’s no better author to serve such
a work than Coelho.” —Publishers Weekly
“Enigmatic. . . . An illuminating book.” —The National
“Borges set the standard that Coelho capably upholds. . . . Coelho
the writer is both discerning and revealing of Coelho the
protagonist, whose enthusiasms we share.” —The Washington
Independent Review
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