The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession
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Disappointing - Three years ago, I read The Zahir by Paulo Coelho and was very disappointed. The novel just kept going on and on about the protagonists obsession with his wife. It was boring and way too long, when it could have been half the size. If you have not yet read any of Paulo Coelho s works or are looking for an exciting story, you should just stick to The Alchemist and you won t be disappointed. The Zahir, in my opinion, is definitely aimed for older people who are looking forward to reading a novel about self-discovery.It is about a man whose wife left him one day without any notification, now she is all that he thinks about. He needs to meet her, Esther again and ask her why she left him in order to rid himself from her invisible presence. The word `Zahir means incapable of going unnoticed, his ex-wife is now his Zahir.The themes of love and life are explored. I did learn a lot about epileptic seizures.
Interesting - Ive returned once again to one of my favorite authors to review his latest work. Paulo Coelho of international fame for The Alchemist, 11 Minutes and The Devil and Miss Prym, has released his latest The Zahir. According to the book, the Zahir in Arabic means present, visible, incapable of being unnoticed. It is something that grabs our thought, mind and spirit and demands our full attention. It is believed to lead to either Holiness or madness. In this book, the Zahir is a woman, an idea of a woman, a longing. Our main character sounds very familiar to our author, in fact our hero is a famous author now living in Paris, with his books being published in nearly every language. (which sounds like Mr. Coelho. This book is being published in 50 countries/languages this year alone. http://www.santjordi-asociados.com/zahir.htm) The author writes books that millions love, adore, and claim changes their lives. Yet he appears to have stopped living the type of deliberate life he writes about. He has settled into a complacent life.Then one day his wife disappears. Over time she becomes his Zahir, he writes a book about love and for a while the Zahir fades. Then he meets the man he believes she had left with and the Zahir returns.This is a wonderful story about becoming, and remembering who you were meant to be, not who you settled into. It will stir in you a passion to be more than you think you can be, and, to give more, and love more purely. Follow a man who goes in search of an estranged wife, only to find himself.(First Published in Imprint 2005-09-14 as Is your objective very visible?)
Interesting - Ive returned once again to one of my favorite authors to review his latest work. Paulo Coelho of international fame for The Alchemist, 11 Minutes and The Devil and Miss Prym, has released his latest The Zahir. According to the book, the Zahir in Arabic means present, visible, incapable of being unnoticed. It is something that grabs our thought, mind and spirit and demands our full attention. It is believed to lead to either Holiness or madness. In this book, the Zahir is a woman, an idea of a woman, a longing. Our main character sounds very familiar to our author, in fact our hero is a famous author now living in Paris, with his books being published in nearly every language. (which sounds like Mr. Coelho. This book is being published in 50 countries/languages this year alone. http://www.santjordi-asociados.com/zahir.htm) The author writes books that millions love, adore, and claim changes their lives. Yet he appears to have stopped living the type of deliberate life he writes about. He has settled into a complacent life.Then one day his wife disappears. Over time she becomes his Zahir, he writes a book about love and for a while the Zahir fades. Then he meets the man he believes she had left with and the Zahir returns.This is a wonderful story about becoming, and remembering who you were meant to be, not who you settled into. It will stir in you a passion to be more than you think you can be, and, to give more, and love more purely. Follow a man who goes in search of an estranged wife, only to find himself.(First Published in Imprint 2005-09-14 as Is your objective very visible?)
An Indepth Look at What it Means To Love - Paulo Coelhos books just get better and better, which is an amazing feat considering where he started. This book is one of the best books I have ever read as it reaches so many dimensions for the reader in it s content. Not only is it a great Novel and a touching one at that but it makes you take an indepth Journey into your own capacity for Love and what it means to you. Just as the main character in the book gets provoked by his wife to contemplate his actions in their relationship, in the greatest detail, so does Esther (the wife of the main character) manage to capture your own heart and start the search..............the search for true love.Loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!