Today’s Question by Aart Hilal

by Paulo Coelho on July 28, 2008

This is your first novel, where children appear, however a little bit indirectly. Why did you wait so long? Why children weren’t so important for your novels?

I can’t consciously explain why children never appeared in my writings before my newest book. What I can say is this: when I wrote the Witch of Portobello, I noticed, almost as a surprise, that Viorel was the first child to have such an important role. This child was necessary to the plot because Athena, being an orphan, needed to experience motherhood and thus start to heal her emotional scars. Viorel was the first step in the story of this brave woman.

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eleonora November 10, 2011 at 12:36 pm

non accettero’ mai chi mette al mondo un figlio e non se ne assume responsabilita’.Non accettero’ mai, chi dice che per una donna sia naturale capire tutto del proprio figlio..Ogni bambino che viene al mondo è Amore,anche se non nasce da un atto d’amore. Lui ,solo lui,,puo’chiamarsi amore.Noi siamo amore*Meravigliosa Atena,straordinaria la sua forza.

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Alexandra July 28, 2008 at 10:27 pm

Now you have presented a complete woman.Before,the heroines were strong,everything,but with the boy,in that novel,you did that the heroine be really complete,nothing lacks in her life.Better that way.Thanks

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Agnieszka July 28, 2008 at 5:04 pm

My mom wrote me a poem when I was little:
“Your face..
the bells..
from silver tears..
they ring, far, heavily,
your face..
little..
your face is..
your face is like..the sun.”
K.I.Galczynski

love
Agnieszka

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