Something or somebody that begins with just a passing thought and
ends up being the only thing we can think about. This can be
understood as saintliness or insanity.

The Zahir, Paulo Coelho’s new novel, is a perfect follow-on to The
Alchemist.

Paulo picks up the theme of the pilgrimage to Santiago
but tells a very different, gripping story of love, loss and passionate
obsession. More »
Paulo Coelho’s books have won numerous awards and are permanent fixtures on bestseller lists in Brazil and around the world. Other books by Paulo Coelho include The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage and Eleven Minutes. He and his wife Christina live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and France. More »
Her name is Esther; she is a war correspondent who has just returned from Iraq because of the imminent invasion of that country; she is thirty years old, married, without children. An extract from the introductory section 'I am a free man', in Coelho's new book, which hits the newsstands in India on June 6, 2005.
More»		 Coelho has been a legendary figure in the world of literary world for the better part of the quarter of a century.

Here he responds to questions from his residence in Brazil via email on the eve of the release of his latest novel, The Zahir.
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