In recent
decades, Paulo Coelho's work has been enjoyed by millions of readers. Both in
his novels and in the regular articles that appear in various international
publications. He has shared his experiences, his personal journey and his
thoughts with a community of people from around the world.
This special
edition of his Christmas Stories brings together in one volume for the first
time various Christmas tales published between 1998 and 2008. The stories speak
of joy, generosity, humility and the small-yet-large miracles that we
experience in our day-to-day lives. Paulo's words, observations and thoughts
help those who have already set off along their path in life and, at the same
time, encourage new readers to take their first steps.
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Author Bio
The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist.
The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist.
In 1986, PAULO COELHO did
the pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella, an experience later to be
documented in his book The Pilgrimage. In the following year, COELHO published
The Alchemist. Slow initial sales convinced his first publisher to drop the
novel, but it went on to become one of the best selling Brazilian books of all
time.
Other titles include Brida (1990), The Valkyries (1992), By the river
Piedra I sat Down and Wept (1994), the collection of his best columns published
in the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo entitle Maktub (1994), the compilation
of texts Phrases (1995), The Fifth Mountain (1996), Manual of a Warrior of
Light (1997), Veronika decides to die (1998), The Devil and Miss Prym (2000),
the compilation of traditional tales in Stories for parents, children and
grandchildren (2001), Eleven Minutes (2003), The Zahir (2005), The Witch of
Portobello (2006) and Winner Stands Alone.
During the
months of March, April, May and June 2006, Paulo Coelho traveled to celebrate
the 20th anniversary of his pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella in 1986.
He also held surprise book signings - announced one day in advance - in some
cities along the way, to have a chance to meet his readers. In ninety days of
pilgrimage the author traveled around the globe and took the famous
Transiberrian train that took him to Vladivostok.
During this experience Paulo
Coelho launched his blog Walking the Path - The Pilgrimage in order to share
with his readers his impressions. Since this first blog Paulo Coelho has
expanded his presence in the internet with his daily blogs in Wordpress and Facebook. He is equally present in media sharing sites such as
Youtube and Flickr, offering on a regular basis not only texts but also videos
and pictures to his readers.
From this intensive interest and use of the
Internet sprang his bold new project: The Experimental Witch where he invites
his readers to adapt to the screen his book The Witch of Portobello. Indeed
Paulo Coelho is a firm believer of Internet as a new media and is the first Best-selling
author to actively support online free distribution of his work
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