New Releases by Paulo Coelho

A community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man persecuted by the ghosts of his painful past. A young woman searching for happiness. In one eventful week, each will face questions of life, death, and power, and each will choose a path. Will they choose good or evil? In the remote village of Viscos -- a village too small to be on any map, a place where time seems to stand still -- a stranger arrives, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil? In welcoming the mysterious foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated plot, which will forever mark their lives. Paulo Coelho''s stunning novel explores the timeless struggle between good and evil, and brings to our everyday dilemmas fresh perspective: incentive to master the fear that prevents us from following our dreams, from being different, from truly living. The Devil and Miss Prym is a story charged with emotion, in which the integrity of being human meets a terrifying test.

''The Zahir'', Paulo Coelho''s new novel, is a follow-on to ''The Alchemist''. Paulo picks up the theme of the pilgrimage to Santiago but tells a very different, gripping story of love, loss and passionate obsession.

Told in the form of a fable, this novel tells of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, who has a dream about Egypt, and sets off for that land. Guided by many people, including an alchemist, his voyage is one of internal and external discovery -- for shepherd and reader alike.

A week in the life of ordinary people, all of whom find themselves suddenly confronted by love, death, and power in this thematic collection featuring three of Coelho''s stories: By the River I Sat Down and Wept, Veronika Decides to Die, and The Devil And Miss Prym.

Maria es de un pueblo del norte de Brasil. Todavia adolescente, viaja a Rio de Janeiro, donde conoce a un empresario que le ofrece un buen trabajo en Ginebra. Alli, Maria suena con encontrar fama y fortuna pero acabara ejerciendo la prostitucion. El aprendizaje que extraera de sus duras experiencias modificara para siempre su actitud ante si misma y ante la vida. Once minutos es una novela que habla del amor, esa palabra tan gastada, cuya esencia es maltratada cotidianamente por las acciones humanas. Es un libro que explora la naturaleza del sexo y del amor, la intensa y dificil relacion entre cuerpo y alma, y como alcanzar la perfecta union entre ambos. Once minutos ofrece al lector una experiencia inigualable de lectura y reflexion.

Inspirado en un breve pasaje de la Biblia ( I Reyes 18, 8-24 ), La Qunita Montaña cuneta la historia de un hombre, el profeta Elías, que recibe de Dios la orden de abandonar Israel. En un mundo regido por supersticiones, conflictos religiosos y tradiciones profundamente arraigadas, el joven profeta deberá enfrentarse a una avalancha de acontecimientos que le conduciran a una definitivo cara a cara con Dios. La historia del profeta Elías se convierte así en una valiosa leccion de esperanza para el hombre contemporaneo. ¿Hasta qué punto podemos determinar nuestro destino? Ésta es la pregunta que lanza al aire La Quinta Montaña para que cada uno de nosotros encuentre su propia respuesta. Reafirmando una vez má su talento literario, Paulo Coelho, el escritor brasileño mas vendido de nuestros dias, vuelve a sorprendernos con una novela tan fascinante como inolvidable.

Pilar, a young scholar feeling hopeless and worn down by the endless cycle of her days, is contacted by a childhood friend who is now a charismatic spiritual leader.

Follow one of South America''s most popular authors as he journeys along the ancient road to Santiago to discover personal power, wisdom, and a miraculous sword. This compelling narrative is part adventure story, part guide to self-mastery--a fascinating mix of esoteric Christianity and shamanism that delivers a powerful brew of magic and insight.