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Anybody here having read Paulo Coelho  ♣ books?

What do you think about them? Do you have a favourite one?

Do you like the last one, Eleven Minutes ♣ ?
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Eleven Minutes, the most recent book by Paulo Coelho, is # 1 in the 2003 annual list of Publishing Trends, which every year establishes which fiction works sell more copies worldwide


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posted by mymla
  

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The only Paulo Coelho Θ book I've read is The Alchemist and that was nothing much more than, what, an entertaining train read. Sure, aimed at "the child" but I found it no better than the motivational gurus and new-age-speak types going around who sure know how to say a lot of "You can do it!"

The only thing I really liked about the book was the narration of "the other life", not the one where we run to work at a stuffy building during our dreary lives. Everyone should live in "the country" at some point.

Regardless, would you actually recommend the books for someone else to read? What do you think about Paulo Coelho books?

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posted by ryder
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Oh! I have The Alchemist. I read it when I was in 6th or 7th grade, I can't remember. It was interesting and somewhat inspiring in a way... to the kid I was a few years ago.

I think that I didn't really differentiate between good and bad books when I was in 6th grade, unless it was extremely obvious that one book was very good or was very bad.

I remember it gave me a very... as ryder said, "Orange-y," warm, fuzzy feeling.

That is the only book I have read of Paul Coelho.


posted by nocturnal_anonymous
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Oh! I have The Alchemist. I read it when I was in 6th or 7th grade, I can't remember. It was interesting and somewhat inspiring in a way... to the kid I was a few years ago.

I think that I didn't really differentiate between good and bad books when I was in 6th grade, unless it was extremely obvious that one book was very good or was very bad.

I remember it gave me a very... as ryder said, "Orange-y," warm, fuzzy feeling.

That is the only book I have read of Paul Coelho.


posted by nocturnal_anonymous
  



I think the point is that they are meant to be fairy-tales for adults. Isn't that the mystery? You can't see the depth but you're pretty sure its there -but only beacause you can't see it. It's kinda funny when you consdider that the guy has made millions from writing fairy-tales for adults who then credit the storys with some kind of hidden meaning just beacause they can't really see it and think they are missing the point. Fact: There is no inner depth. You're better off reading Enid Blyghton.

posted by coolest_kid_in_school
  



ryder:
would you actually recommend the books for someone else to read?

I would. I think his books may make more than just a train read: I have read a lot of books in my time, and many of them I wouldn't remember at all. His books I do remember. Maybe not very well and won't be able to retell them, but I would reread them if chance comes.
ryder:
I found it no better than the motivational gurus and new-age-speak types going around who sure know how to say a lot of "You can do it!"

His books didn't seem to me to be the "You can do it" type. What I liked about them was exactly the absense of pushiness; they might be lacking depth, but they all are full of charm, the "orangey" feeling.
coolest_kid_in_school:
made millions from writing fairy-tales for adults who then credit the storys with some kind of hidden meaning just beacause they can't really see it and think they are missing the point

I like the description of "fairy-tales for adults", but I see no problem with earning millions, after all, that is exactly what people want, fairy-tales. The most successful genre of all times, don't you think?
As far as the "hidden point" is concerned, I think that it might well be there's none. The whole point is the fairy-tale itself. It's like reading philosophy, the questions of life, death and your purpose on this planet, etc., but without the grave feeling of doom that you are supposed to get.

All of his books give the nice feeling of... hope, if you want, of inner beauty in life, of some order in the chaos. They don't _convict_ you to life on the planet Earth, they show you that life can be welcoming. I find it very nice - not so many books would give you the feeling that it can be ok to be yourself. It's a bit like being back into childhood, you read about the adult problems from the point of view of a child, that it all is going to end well...



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