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

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."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morais, Fernando
Format: Printed Book
Published: London: Harper Collins, 2008.
Subjects:
Authors, Brazilian
Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2010277383-b.html
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2010277383-d.html
Table of 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.

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