Hippie

Zusatztext “A novelist who writes in a universal language.” – The New York Times   “Beautifully written. . . . An inspiring read.” – People   “The journey of a lifetime. . . . Coelho helps us understand a generation.” – Free Press Journal   “Coelho’s true love is spirituality.” – The Financial Express   “A celebration of the spiritual longing that inspired a generation to abandon norms and pursue an unconventional path to the truth! this metafiction by the revered Coelho lyrically fuses the lines between authenticity and illusion! art and fact.” – Booklist   “Woven with self-discovery and punctuated by. . . unique wisdom. . . The focal point of Hippie is human connection – what happens when we ‘allow two souls the time to get to know each other.’” – Bookreporter   “Divine surprise. . . Paulo Coelho's most autobiographical story! is an interesting documentary about the hippie generation of the 70's.” – L’Express   “Paulo Coelho is undoubtedly an alchemist. He turns everything into gold."  – La Vanguardia Informationen zum Autor Paulo Coelho's life remains the primary source of inspiration for his books. He has flirted with death, escaped madness, dallied with drugs, withstood torture, experimented with magic and alchemy, studied philosophy and religion, read voraciously, lost and recovered his faith, and experienced the pain and pleasure of love. In searching for his own place in the world, he has discovered answers for the challenges that everyone faces. He believes that within ourselves we have the necessary strength to find our own destiny. His books have been translated into 82 languages and have sold more than 230 million copies in more than 170 countries. His 1988 novel, The Alchemist, has sold more than 85 million copies and has been cited as an inspiration by people as diverse as Malala Yousafzai and Pharrell Williams. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and has received the Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur. In 2007, he was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. Klappentext "Originally published in Brazil as Hippie by Editora Paralela, a division of Editora Schwarcz S.A., Säao Paulo, in 2018"--Copyright page. The stories that follow come from my personal experiences. I’ve altered the order, names, and details of the people here, I was forced to condense some scenes, but everything that follows truly happened to me. I’ve used the third person because this allowed me to give characters  unique voices with which to describe their lives.   *** In September 1970, two sites squared off for the title of the center of the world: Piccadilly Circus, in London, and Dam Square, in Amsterdam. But not everyone knew this: if you asked most people, they’d have told you: “The White House, in the US, and the Kremlin in the USSR.” These people tended to get their information from newspapers, television, radio, media that were already entirely outdated and that would never regain the relevance they had when first invented. In September 1970, airplane tickets were outrageously expensive, which meant only the rich could travel. OK, that wasn’t entirely true for an enormous number of young people whom these outdated media outlets could see only for their outward appearance: they wore their hair long, dressed in bright-colored clothing never took a bath (which was a lie, but these young kids didn’t read the newspaper, and the older generation believed any news item that served to denigrate those they considered “a danger to society and common decency”). They were a danger to an entire generation of diligent young boys and girls trying to succeed in life, with their horrible example of lewdness and “free love,” as their detractors liked to say with disdain. Well, this ever-growing number of ki...

About the author

Paulo Coelho’s life remains the primary source of inspiration for his books. He has flirted with death, escaped madness, dallied with drugs, withstood torture, experimented with magic and alchemy, studied philosophy and religion, read voraciously, lost and recovered his faith, and experienced the pain and pleasure of love. In searching for his own place in the world, he has discovered answers for the challenges that everyone faces. He believes that within ourselves we have the necessary strength to find our own destiny.

His books have been translated into 82 languages and have sold more than 230 million copies in more than 170 countries. His 1988 novel, The Alchemist, has sold more than 85 million copies and has been cited as an inspiration by people as diverse as Malala Yousafzai and Pharrell Williams.

He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and has received the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur. In 2007, he was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace.

Product details

• Authors: Eric M. B. Becker, Paulo Coelho
• Publisher: Knopf
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9780525655619
• ISBN: 978-0-525-65561-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 217 mm x 29 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature