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The Brazilian author whose book “The Alchemist" has
been read by h a lf a billion people, is used to overcoming
challenges: Now he wants to inspire a cultural revolution
am ong m illions o f Twitter devotees.
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fans include Bill C linton and V ladim ir P utin, who
d em a n d ed a p riv ate a u d ie n ce w ith C oelho in 2006
w hile th e a u th o r w as traveling a cro ss R ussia on th e
T ran-S iberian Railway. “We s p e n t tw o h o u rs
talk in g ,” C oelho says. “Of c o u rse, I ’m n o t going to
tell y o u w h a t w e talk ed ab o u t!”
C o elh o ’s R u ssian odyssey fo rm s th e backbone of
h is la te s t b o o k “A leph,” w hich like T h e A lchem ist
re c o u n ts a physical jo u rn e y leading to in n e r \
illum iiiation. I t ’s-h is m o st p e rso n a l w ork to date>v
o p en in g w ith C oelho u n d erg o in g a crisis of faith,
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P H O TO CO UR TESY OF PAU LO C O ELH O
The ties th a t bind
Bursting the
Hardhitting
A w om ans journey
bubble
woman
into an unlikely
friendship whose
time is ru n n in g out
A conversation with
‘On the M edia’ host
Brooke Gladstone
about her new
graphic novel
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Social activist
Dorothy Day gets
renewed attention in
new biography
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