The Wizard, Fernando Morais

"The incredible story of Paulo Coelho, the boy who was born dead, flirted with suicide, suffered at mental asylums, dove into drugs, tried several varieties of sex, met the devil, was arrested during the dictatorship, helped revolutionize Brazilian rock, rediscovered his faith and became one of the most-widely read writers in the world. Paulo Coelho de Souza was born in the rainy wee hours of August 24th in..."

Fernando Morais, the author that helped establish the biography as a literary gender in Brazil centers his investigative verve on the Brazilian personage that has become the great myth of Brazil's recent history: Paulo Coelho -a universal writer that reached the astronomical mark of 100 million sold books and the achievement of being the most translated living author in the whole planet. The Magician is the eletrifying path of the popstar that is requested by princes, sheikhs, queens and presidents. A story that not even the most creative screenwriters would be able to dream of.

"The most anticipated book of 2008 written by Fernando Morais, a master biographer"
-- Isto É, Brazil, June 2008

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Paulo Coelho: The Confessions of a Pilgrim

Paulo Coelho, Confessions of a Pilgrim offers the readers a chance to get to know Paulo Coelho's dramatic, inspirational life story for the first time. Coelho has always been a non-conformist, constantly searching for new paths and savouring both the good and the bad that came his way. This intimate portrait by Juan Arias offers Paulo's compelling fist-hand accounts of his experiences of: being confined to a mental institution as a young man simply because he was an artist , being kidnapped and tortured by paramilitaries , his encounters with black magic and drugs , an epiphany at Dachau , a vision he had of his own death , the nature of writing and the spiritual quest . Juan Arias is an established writer and journalist for the newspaper “El Pais” in Spain. He has received an Italian Culture Prize for his writing and was awarded best Foreign Correspondent for his journalism.

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