Coelho's Alchemist was a lean book about a shepherd boy's journey to find treasure buried in the Pyramids; he discovers instead the treasures within himself. In The Zahir, the shepherd boy is ...

Novelist Paulo Coelho divides his time between his native Brazil and the south of France. He can afford to — his works outsell even the Harry Potter series throughout the rest of the world. But here ...

Paulo Coelho, Author, trans. from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa. HarperCollins $18.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-06-052797-6 This companion volume to Coelho's popular The Alchemist is an odd hybrid—a ...

PARIS (AP) — Brazilian author Paulo Coelho is cultivating a modern version of the simple life. At home in France, he has the essentials: a fireplace, a view of the mountains, an Internet connection ...

The Zahir's main character, a well-renowned author, has everything he has ever wanted: popularity, success, wealth and is married to the woman he loves. He only realises that his wife, Esther, is ...