The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession
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Paulo Coelho. The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession
The Zahir. A Novel of Obsession. Paulo. Coelho
Dedication
Table of Contents
Ithaca
Prologues
Zagreb, Croatia. 6.30 a.m
Author’s Note
A Conversation with Paulo Coelho. What is the central idea behind The Zahir?
What is a zahir?
In your opinion is the zahir part of our universal experience as human beings?
Can a person have more than one zahir over the course of a lifetime?
Can a zahir guide us towards an objective, or is it merely an object of desire?
To what extent is The Zahir autobiographical? How much of yourself is in the story?
In the book, the wife of the successful author has her own independent career, is herself well known and successful, yet still leaves her husband? Why?
And that’s when she decides to become a war correspondent?
Must one enter a war zone to appreciate this?
Why does one of the other main characters in the book come from Kazakhstan?
How do you set about writing your books?
Among the novels you’ve written, which do you think makes for the most obvious companion to The Zahir?
Who are your favourite authors?
In what way has your experience as one of the biggest-selling authors in the world changed your view of literature?
Do you believe that in the West, in the age of the cult of celebrity, there is still room for the intellectual?
Is it possible, through literature, to reconcile popular culture and academic culture?
Author Biography: Paulo Coelho
Like the Flowing River
The Pianist in the Shopping Mall
Also by Paulo Coelho
Copyright
About the Publisher
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Author of the alchemist
Translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa
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Later that afternoon…
It takes twenty minutes for the taxi…
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