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Aleph (Translation)
[Paperback - 2012]
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Category: Literature
Sub-category: Literary Fiction
Publisher: Vintage | ISBN: 9780307950697 | Pages: 288
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In a famous short story, Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges used the word "aleph" (the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet) to mean a point in the time/space continuum that contains all the other points. This definition is not so far off from popular Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho s use of the word and his fantastical rendering of the universe. Like his best-selling 1988 novel THE ALCHEMIST, THE ALEPH draws closely from the author s own life. The main character, also called "Paulo Coelho," finds himself spiritually parched and enervated, and goes on a journey that encompasses several countries, in order to find his faith again. He also reviews the contents of several of his past lifetimes in order to understand the meaning of his current incarnation. On his journey, he meets a young female violinist named Hillal. Through some deep soul-searching he discovers that this is a woman that he also loved--but betrayed--500 years ago in another lifetime. Paulo soon realizes that part of his spiritual quest is in undoing the bad karma generated by his long-ago selfish act. Readers need not literally believe in reincarnation, nor any of the new age philosophies implied by the narrative, in order to deeply enjoy Coelho s engaging and vibrant story-telling.

Paulo Coelho is the author of "The Alchemist", he was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Being the author of 30 books that have sold over 320 million copies in 170 countries, he has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today. Paulo Coelho has been a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2007 and this has allowed him to continue to promote intercultural dialogue and to focus on the needs of children. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and the recipient of over 115 awards and honours, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Grinzane Cavour Book Award and the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur, to name a few.

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