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21 February 2012

Paulo Coelho - Love him, hate him, or indifferent?

post by: Ardiril at: 14:52 | 7 comments

I know absolutely nothing about this author, but I have access to some of his books.

posted by Ardiril 21 February | 14:56

He's a self-help writer who benefits from translation; is the general criticism leveled at him here in Brazil. I've only ever read one of his books (Veronika decide morrer - Veronika decides to die?), and it was pretty bad.

posted by msali 21 February | 15:33

I'm indifferent but The Alchemist did inspire a friend of mine to leave Africa for an education in the U.S. and totally change the coarse of her life.

posted by arse_hat 21 February | 15:46

I know nothing about him, except that a friend with good taste referred to The Alchemist as "the worst book [he's] ever read."

posted by jayder 21 February | 15:56

I tried to get a fix on this author from Amazon reviews, but with all the grammar and spelling mistakes I find there now, I cannot trust those ratings.

posted by Ardiril 21 February | 16:12

He writes a lot of books, none of which I've ever read but all of which I've shelved. I casually knew a guy in high school with the same last name, his dad was a Portugese baker.

posted by jonmc 21 February | 19:37

I too had a friend who said his life changed after reading The Alchemist. I read it and it was just okay. I did like another one of his books, which I can't remember the title of, and the same friend hated it.

posted by rollick 21 February | 23:59

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