Thursday, November 22, 2007

THE WITCH OF PORTOBELLO




How do we find the courage to always be true to ourselves—even if we are unsure of whom we are?



The international bestselling author, Paulo Coelho's profound work, The Witch of Portobello is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by the many who knew her well—or hardly at all.We all live in a world where every single second of our life is manipulated by the cob webs of relationships.It is quite humane to search the meaning of one's existence ,unfortunately or fortunately some will succeed and some wont.Athena, the central character of the book,sets out for a journey in search of her identity and she believed that the path is more important than whatever make you set off along it.She thus tries to fill in the blank spaces in her life to give it a new meaning.



To those who love reading between lines,Paulo Coelho's The witch of Portobello ,can be a good choice.









3 comments:

aroop said...

nice precise review..its a simple story of Athena and about discovering and rediscovering one's self and the whole physical and spritual journey..although the treatment seems very much like Citzen Kane..where the film opens with the death of Charles Foster Kane and then travels backwards through the POV of ppl who knew him and there interviews..
PS: try including the picture of the paperback in you article..it will make it look good

Unknown said...

hello!
I'm a big Paulo Coelho's fan and I don't know if you heard about his blog
http://www.paulocoelhoblog.com
I've started as a fan and now I'm collaborating with him and thought that you would like to enter his universe.
Check the blog.
if you want, or subscribe to his newsletter
http://www.warriorofthelight.com/engl/index.html
You'll see a community of warriors of light sharing ideas, dreams and most importantly following their personal legend.

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See u there and have a great day!

Aart

R Kamal said...

Looks like an interesting book.i like the phrase 'reading between the lines'

next time while i visit the local book shop i know what to look for!