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The Witch of Portobello

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Paulo Coelho, one of the world's best loved storytellers, is back with a riveting new novel set in London. This is the story of Athena, or Sherine, to give her the name she was baptised with. Her life is pieced together through a series of recorded interviews with those people who knew her well or hardly at all - parents, colleagues, teachers, friends, acquaintances, her ex-husband. The novel unravels Athena's mysterious beginnings, via an orphanage in Romania, to a childhood in Beirut. When war breaks out, her adoptive family move with her to London, where a dramatic turn of events occurs Athena, who has been dubbed 'the Witch of Portobello' for her seeming powers of prophecy, disappears dramatically, leaving those who knew her to solve the mystery of her life and abrupt departure. Like The Alchemist, The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love, passion, joy and sacrifice. Praise for Paulo Coelho: 'An exceptional writer.' USA Today 'His books have had a life-enhancing impact on millions of people.' Times 'One of the few to deserve the term "Publishing Phenomenon".' Independent on Sunday 'Coelho's writing is beautifully poetic but his message is what countshe gives me hope and puts a smile on my face.' Daily Express '"The Alchemist" is a beautiful book about magic, dreams and the treasures we seek elsewhere and then find on our doorstep.' Madonna 'It's like music, really, the way he writes, it's so beautiful. It's a gift that I envy above all others.' Julia Roberts

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Detail Information

Series Title

Paulo Coelho Deluxe Edition

Call Number

869.342 COE w

Publisher

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India : HarperCollins Publishers India.., 2018

Collation

13x20 cm; pbk; bw; 329p

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780007257447

Classification

860

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Edition

10th Impression

Subject(s)

Religion
Orphans
Missing persons
Spirituality
Magical Realism
Brazilian Fiction
Psychics
Precognition

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Statement of Responsibility

HarperCollins Publishers India, 2007

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