Paulo Coelho A Warrior's Life

by Morais, Fernando

• ISBN13: 9780061718885
• ISBN10: 0061718882
• Format: Hardcover
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Paulo Coelho was born on a rainy night on August 24, 1947 the feast of St. Bartholomew. He was born dead. The doctors had seen that there were going to be problems with the delivery. Only a miracle would ensure that he was born alive. He was not moving in the womb and showed no intention of coming into the world, finally having to be delivered by forceps. At exactly 12:05 a.m., as Paulo was pulled into the world, with rotating movements, the doctor must have heard a slight crack like a pencil snapping. This was the babys collarbone, which could not resist the pressure of one of the blades of the forceps. However, this would not prove to be a problem, since the baby, a boy, was dead, apparently asphyxiated by the liquid that had been protecting him during his time in the womb. The sobbing parents asked for the presence of someone who might give the last rites to the dead child. There was no priest, but a nun in the hospital was found to administer the last sacrament when, as the parents were crying, there was a slight sound. The child was in fact alive. His birth was the first challenge the little boy had to face and he had survived it. Book jacket.

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
TheZahir	p. 428
One hundred million copies sold	p. 436
Facts about Paulo Coelho	p. 447
Acknowledgements	p. 453
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