Paulo Coelho: a Warrior's Life The Authorized Biography

Name: Paulo Coelho: a Warrior's Life The Authorized Biography
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ISBN: 9780061885884

ISBN-10: 0061885886

ISBN-13: 9780061885884

Edition: Large Type

Authors: Fernando Morais

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Paulo Coelho: A Warrior's Life is the first-ever biography of the man whose books have sold an astounding 100 million copies worldwide, making him one of the bestselling authors of all time.Paulo Coelho's life begins with a complicated birth in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August 1947. He was known as the "boy who was born dead" and who ultimately survived against all odds. Before he became internationally known as a worldwide bestselling author, Paulo lived many different lives. He flirted with suicide, was committed by his parents to insane asylums, suffered the brutality of electric shock therapy, dove into drugs, tried several varieties of sex, met the devil, spent time in prison, helped…

Book details

List price: $28.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 12/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 784
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.60" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English




Paulo today: Budapest-Prague-Hamburg-Cairo



Childhood



Schooldays



First play, first love



First encounter with Dr Benjamim



Batatinha's debut



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 'immortalï¿½



The Zahir



One hundred million copies sold


Facts about Paulo Coelho


Acknowledgements