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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morais, Fernando.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coelho, Paulo.

Authors, Brazilian--20th century--Biography.

Authors, Brazilian.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

457 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First international edition.

Other Title:

Warrior's life

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : HarperOne, [2009]

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."

Contents:

Chapter 1 Paulo today: Budapest-Prague-Hamburg-Cairo 1

Chapter 2 Childhood 37

Chapter 3 Schooldays 46

Chapter 4 First play, first love 67

Chapter 5 First encounter with Dr Benjamim 87

Chapter 6 Batatinha's début 102

Chapter 7 Ballad of the Clinic Gaol 118

Chapter 8 Shock treatment 131

Chapter 9 The great escape 144

Chapter 10 Vera 159

Chapter 11 The marijuana years 171

Chapter 12 Discovering America 186

Chapter 13 Gisa 197

Chapter 14 The Devil and Paulo 213

Chapter 15 Paulo and Raul 226

Chapter 16 A devil of a different sort 242

Chapter 17 Paulo renounces the Devil 255

Chapter 18 Cissa 269

Chapter 19 London 285

Chapter 20 Christina 303

Chapter 21 First meeting with Jean 313

Chapter 22 Paulo and Christina - publishers 324

Chapter 23 The road to Santiago 342

Chapter 24 The Alchemist 352

Chapter 25 The critics' response 365

Chapter 26 Success abroad 380

Chapter 27 World fame 394

Chapter 28 Becoming an 'immortal' 410

Chapter 29 TheZahir 428

Chapter 30 One hundred million copies sold 436.

ISBN:

9780061934681 :

0061934682 :

9780061718885 :

0061718882 :

OCLC:

419872949