Paulo Coelho : a warrior's life : the authorized biography / Fernando Morais

By: Morais, FernandoMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : HarperOne, c2009Edition: 1st international edDescription: 457 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780061934681 :; 9780061718885 :; 0061934682 :; 0061718882 :Other title: Warrior's lifeSubject(s): Coelho, Paulo | Authors, Brazilian -- 20th century -- BiographyDDC classification: 869.842/092 LOC classification: PQ9698.13.O3546 | Z7613 2009
Contents:
Paulo today : Budapest, Prague, Hamburg, Cairo -- Childhood -- Schooldays -- First play, first love -- First encounter with Dr Benjamin -- Batatinha's début -- Ballad of the Clinic Gaol -- Shock treatment -- The great escape -- Vera -- the marijuana years -- Discovering America -- Gisa -- The Devil and Paulo -- Paulo and Raul -- A devil of a different sort -- Paulo renounces the Devil -- Cissa -- London -- Christina -- First meeting with Jean -- Paulo and Christina, publishers -- The road to Santiago -- The Alchemist -- The critics' response -- Success abroad -- World fame -- Becoming an "immortal" -- The Zahir -- One hundred million copies sold -- Facts about Paulo Coelho
Summary: Traces the noted author's roots in Brazil to his time as a musician and pop lyricist to his wild days of rock and roll to the publication of his novel "The Alchemist."
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Paulo today : Budapest, Prague, Hamburg, Cairo -- Childhood -- Schooldays -- First play, first love -- First encounter with Dr Benjamin -- Batatinha's début -- Ballad of the Clinic Gaol -- Shock treatment -- The great escape -- Vera -- the marijuana years -- Discovering America -- Gisa -- The Devil and Paulo -- Paulo and Raul -- A devil of a different sort -- Paulo renounces the Devil -- Cissa -- London -- Christina -- First meeting with Jean -- Paulo and Christina, publishers -- The road to Santiago -- The Alchemist -- The critics' response -- Success abroad -- World fame -- Becoming an "immortal" -- The Zahir -- One hundred million copies sold -- Facts about Paulo Coelho

Traces the noted author's roots in Brazil to his time as a musician and pop lyricist to his wild days of rock and roll to the publication of his novel "The Alchemist."

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