The Valkyries

Informationen zum Autor Paulo Coelho is the author of The Alchemist , he was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Being the author of 30 books that have sold over 320 million copies in 170 countries, he has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today. Paulo Coelho is the recipient of over 115 awards and honours, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Grinzane Cavour Book Award and the Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur, to name a few. Klappentext A haunting parable from this increasingly popular Brazilian author, recounting his quest into the Mojave desert, where he and his wife encountered angelic beings, who challenged him to follow his dreams. "By The River Piedra, I Sat Down And Wept", by the same author, is published in Harper Collins hardcover this month. Zusammenfassung This is a modern-day adventure story featuring Paulo’s supernatural encounter with angels – who appear as warrior women and travel through the Mojave desert on their motorbikes.

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'Coelho's writing is beautifully poetic but his message is what counts... he gives me hope and puts a smile on my face.'
DAILY EXPRESS
'One of the few to deserve the term
"publishing phenomenon"'
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
'His books have had a life-enhancing impact on millions of people.'
THE TIMES

Product details

• Authors: Paulo Coelho, Coelho Paulo
• Assisted by: Alan R. Clarke (Translation), Clarke Alan R. (Translation)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.09.1996
• EAN: 9780722533949
• ISBN: 978-0-7225-3394-9
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Harper Collins Paperbacks; Harper Collins Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Fiction in translation, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary