Paulo Coelho: A Warrior's Life: The Authorized Biography

by Morais, Fernando

• ISBN13: 9780061774294
• ISBN10: 0061774294
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-07
• Publisher: Harpercollins

Summary

"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 best selling authors of all time.

Author Biography

Fernando Morais is one of the most important and preeminent journalists in South America and is widely credited with making the biography a popular genre in Brazil. He is also a well-known politician and activist whose articles have stirred much debate in both his native country and South America in general. He lives in So Paulo.

Table of Contents

Paulo today: Budapest-Prague-Hamburg-Cairo	p. 1
Childhood	p. 37
Schooldays	p. 46
First play, first love	p. 67
First encounter with Dr Benjamim	p. 87
Batatinha's début	p. 102
Ballad of the Clinic Gaol	p. 118
Shock treatment	p. 131
The great escape	p. 144
Vera	p. 159
The marijuana years	p. 171
Discovering America	p. 186
Gisa	p. 197
The Devil and Paulo	p. 213
Paulo and Raul	p. 226
A devil of a different sort	p. 242
Paulo renounces the Devil	p. 255
Cissa	p. 269
London	p. 285
Christina	p. 303
First meeting with Jean	p. 313
Paulo and Christina - publishers	p. 324
The road to Santiago	p. 342
The Alchemist	p. 352
The critics' response	p. 365
Success abroad	p. 380
World fame	p. 394
Becoming an 'immortal'	p. 410
The Zahir	p. 428
One hundred million copies sold	p. 436
Facts about Paulo Coelho	p. 447
Acknowledgements	p. 453
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