Hola:
Dicen que los libros eligen a las personas…
“A orillas del río Piedra me senté y lloré” me eligió a mi.
Y llego a mi vida en el justo momento en que lo nevcesitaba.
OLA,COMO VAI VOCE?
Never in my life i imagined a novel can change anyones life. novel! letters scribbled tn the form of a story on a paper. afterall how powerfull those words can be? the answer lies in your books Mr. Paulo. everytime i read a book of urs i enter a diff world. I cry, i fantasise, i leap with joy, i see hopes, i loose them, i pray, i doubt, i curse, i gain strength and last but not d least, everytime; i becum enlightened wid not only spiritual knowledge but also some rational and practial notions of life. its so amazing to know how an author like you can explore the contrasts so easily and effectively. I mean reading Eleven minutes was as much as a pleasure reading the alchemist or by the river piedra i sat down and wept. i just love the way you right. I am an Indian. and India and brazil are two countries whose culture is very vibrant and therefore i feel connected to brazil and you. you write in a fashion dat reminds me of my culture.. believe me or not but u have a hugeeeee fan following in India..
talking of BTRPISDAW.. Pilar’s story is too powerful to go unnoticed and nt inspire anybody. i cried wid pilar, i gained knowledge as she gained it. i laughed and smiled wid pilar in her good times. i was living her. i even made plans for her during the times she needed to act. u gave me my another avatar as pilar. the exercise of the other is something which unbelievingly works.. Mr. Coelho ur stories are lifeturning. it may seem odd and funny, but after reading ur stories, I ALWAYS think of a book that u wud write in future with me as a character in it, be it a small one.. I WISH TO BE IMMORTALISED IN YOUR BOOKS. bt ur books have taught me not to expect anything because if u don’t get them u feel hurt. but your books have also taught me NOT TO LOOSE HOPE.:)
but for now knowing that someday my FAVOURITE author will read my thoughts abt him gives me immmmmmmmmense pleasure.
not expecting a reply but HOPING for it.
Keep writing for humanities sake.
Cuide-se
Love,
Smriti..
Actually I love this story as it has changed my life and my opinion about lot of things plus I’ve finished it in one day only which was totally an amazing time while reading this one. good choice
hiii, i simply want to say that i also inpired with ur books that make readers life beater specially the alchemist which make me to see the world in new perspective with ful of thoughts
Hello, I hope you’ll read this.
I don’t know how to send you an e-mail, because I have something to ask you..
I’d like to find this book in Spanish, but I have looked for 2hours with no result –’, I’m a little desappointed.
I really want it in this language, but the only time i find it, it was VERY expensive (because I live in France and there’s no publishing house who makes it.. Or they are hidden =/ )
So please Help me, that’s not for me but i need it for my Spanish teacher who’s ill .. I hope you’ll answer me and say where I can buy it.
Is “A orillas del rio Piedra me senté y lloré” the good name ?
Thanks. Peace. Bye.
well,the others readers had been making an novel with they comments…i’ve been starded too read paulo coelho with this book and now i’m decided to reed oll of his books i just adored it:X:X:X:…i hope i’ll succed…
This quote is from this book, can somebody please translate it for me(English), I need to know exact way that it say it on the book… Thanks
“El amor no hace muchas preguntas, porque si comenzamos a pensar empazamos a tener miedo. Es un miedo inexplicable. Por eso no se pregunta: se actua. Se corren riesgo.”
“Love does not ask many questions, because if we start thinking we get frighten. It is a fear we cannot explain. That is why we don’t ask – we act – It is taking risks”
hello
I like your novels very much , they are inspiring , but this novel i didnt like it that much , bcz when the novel comes to religion u cant live the novel , when i read ur novels i live the story i feel myself one of the characters but this one were talking mainly about the christians pray , besides i know we are all one community , but this is just my opinion
I just want to say thank you for all the books you’ve written. It inspired me a lot and touched my whole life. You’ve changed how I view life. You’re a blessing from God. We hope that you’ll never stop inspiring people through your writings. Since I was 15, I was already transformed by your books and until today that I’m 19, I still keep reading them..Thank you very much.
May God Bless you and your family..
while reading the book..i felt sometimes lost, sometimes infused with new ways to mould my life…sometimes to just question my own existence…n it happens always when i read your books…but at the end i am more confused about what to do now…i have many spiritual doubts going inside me..n i just folllow the way i read in ur books..try to love …try to analyze nature..try to learn secrets within… n more i come to know the person that’s “me”…more i am going far from my path…the path of inner peace, contentment and to know the person that’s me…i was reading “BRIDA”..and even though i am beginning to relate myself to her…but now…have to be my own TEACHER also ….it’s a hard way ahead….but thanks for showing me the way to find a person who’s me…n the magic within…
ThAnKs
Pilar’s unnamed soul mate should be named Noah.. He is a wonderful inspiration to those in need of any spiritual turmoil. As a reader, Im so happy for pilar’s strength and the grace of how the entire story flows..
Well… it seemed to me, at first she was not sure of herself. But when taught the lesson of ‘the other’ was the real moment when she truly found the inner strenght.
At times, we may have potential, within ourselves. Potential to overcome any obsicles. But we lack of tools for it. But when You ask, You will get – she was given the tools finally to overcome her insecurities. She had tests, which made her fail for a couple of times. But in the end her selfrespect was gained and the understanding of her weaker side also.
PS! Little things in life matter less, when we find out what life really is about.
I just read this book and was inpired by the idea that this couple chose to enter partnership, marriage as their “religious” path. Until now the relgious path has most often been the individual, the monk who dedicates his life to love God the Father. As Ying and Yang express, where there is father there must be mother. So we must have a heavenly parent. In the union of man and woman we are in the image of the creator. A man alone or a woman alone, cannot manifest the love of the heavenly parent completely. Therefore I think this story is prophetic, in that it will stimulate new thinking for those seeking the highest religious experience and path.
Perhaps the future Dali Lama, and other spiritual leaders will want to marry, in order to more completely express godliness. Marriage is certainly not the easier spiritual path, than going it alone. The family of God, all his children, beyond the dogma, longs for love, love in a family, where we can experience the love of God in its completeness.
You Mr Paulo are a gift to readers, your books leave me feeling validated with the truths of the universe,being courageous with our love is the greatest gift we can give to eachother. Pilar is such a metaphoric name within the story because of courage, Thank you for reminding me always to take risks. God bless
Lei este libor hace tiempo y para mi hablo de la duda que existe siempre en nosotros, deseamos algo pero no sabemos si la decision es la exacta para un corto o largo plazo. Dejamos muchas veces que las cosas se resuelvan solas, si intentar algo. El tiempo pasa y bueno a veces es tarde, pero siempre exite el arrepentimiento, el cambio, el atreverse, el empezar de nuevo, es un libro de esperanza. Tambiem por primera vez le di significado al termino la parte femenina de Dios y como mujer me encanto.
Dear Paulo,
Why is it everytime i start reading your books i always find something similar with me and the way my life goes on??? Before knowing your literature, I thought i was the ONLY one in this world experiencing different aspects of feelings…and your books proved me opposite. I was shoked to find out at your pages the descriptions of the SAME feelings I’ve experienced already!!!! Thanks to you I don’t feel lonely anymore….
I have a dream to meet you one day and to talk to you!!!But would you be so kind to answer me now only one question: is the age 20-22 – the age when you can feel that you are different somehow or that something is going on inside you that you can’t explain?
Ooh my GOD!! I just finished this book, and I love Paulo COelhos book, I’ve read most of them but this one is the most recent one I’ve read. I was at work finishing the last pages and i cried!!! It’s so intense. It gives hope! I actually read some sort of review and it said that it was not a good book, of course not believing it I read it. Probably the person who wrote that review did NOT read the book. Its awesome!
Why is it that people say about certain things ‘it’s not good’ ‘that’s not good’? Why do they pass on judgements? More truth about the subject would be that they did not get connected with it, maybe they didn’t get the ideas of the piece. Maybe they didn’t find the hidden teachings of it. Maybe they had their opinion already moulded before reading, so on so on.
I could never be a critiquecist, (is that even a word) because firstly I don’t want to | play with people’s minds | and pass blind judgements on any work of art. May it be a movie, book, a painting or a concept of a lifestyle. (Maybe only if it was a criminal way!) Neither do I desire to judge all the things that I personally don’t either understand or connect with. In fact, if I had to be one, I’d feel guilty and degraded every single day.
vou contar um pouquinho da minha paixão por esse incrível escritor e pela essa obra lindíssima que é na margem do rio piedra eu sentei e chorei, antes eu nao tinha o habito de ler mas um dia em uma lanchonete folheando alguns livros encontrei esse livro era muito velhinho mas pelo titulo me chamou a atenção minha mae nao me dissera mas ñ gostava do escritor mas para insentivar o habito de ler ela deixou que eu lê-se.Eu era muito jovem só tinha 10 anos para entender algumas partes do livro mas a historia me fascinou, só que depois que terminei de ler nunca mais procurei livro algum a pouco tempo minha mae convidou eu e meu primo patra irmos a uma bienal que estava acontecendo em recife fui mas sem muito interesse chegando lá a primeira livraria que entrei tinha a maioria dos livros de paulo coelho entao me dirigi para olhar achei muito lindo as capas só não achava o que eu havia lido depois de muita procura o achei e comprei chegando em casa li com mais atenção e depois que terminei de ler fiquei apaixonada por ele entao comentei com minha mae de como era interessante a historia e minha mae me confessou que nao gostava do escritor pois achava-o muito moderninho achava que suas obras não eram boas, mas depois de tudo que eu havia dito sobre ele e sobre a obra ela tambem ficou encantada e decidiu até ler…
loved this book. it was actually through this book that i encountered paulo coelho and from then on, i became a fan. i have and read all his books. they’re one of the few things i treasure… thanks paulo for the gift of inspiration. may you continue to touch more lives.
This book brought me hope? Yes hope, that I can find myself by enjoying and talking to nature, to god. A novel of forgiveness, aprendi a dejar ir mis culpas, mi odio hacia mi. And I continue to grow, to transform each day. Thank you Paulo, I am closer to myself, to god.
:)
I really loved this book, it has made me learn certain things in life like you cannot forget who who are when you lose urself in love and also accomplishing once destinity. Love in the book is more deep and spiritual. From what i learnt in your book two people can still love each other without seeing each other and sharing a physical relationship. The only thing that needs to be known is that both love each other deeply and have a strong bond. Its really a wonderful book. I can relate to the Pillar, i have always been having a lot of doubts in my life too and still at accepting stage now and am trying to reconcile myself with my other. Its a long and hard journey but im opmtimistic that i will be able to be in peace with myself. Thanks a lot, you book is really of a great help to me.
I believe that when we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we attract even more love. If one person really wants us, everyone does. But if we’re alone, we become even more alone. Life is strange…
hi – Which Saint Savin village do you refer to in the book. Is this outside of Lyon or the UNESCO site?
Please let me know.
Thanks
Hola:
Dicen que los libros eligen a las personas…
“A orillas del río Piedra me senté y lloré” me eligió a mi.
Y llego a mi vida en el justo momento en que lo nevcesitaba.
Solo puedo decir…
Gracias Sr. Coelho.
OLA,COMO VAI VOCE?
Never in my life i imagined a novel can change anyones life. novel! letters scribbled tn the form of a story on a paper. afterall how powerfull those words can be? the answer lies in your books Mr. Paulo. everytime i read a book of urs i enter a diff world. I cry, i fantasise, i leap with joy, i see hopes, i loose them, i pray, i doubt, i curse, i gain strength and last but not d least, everytime; i becum enlightened wid not only spiritual knowledge but also some rational and practial notions of life. its so amazing to know how an author like you can explore the contrasts so easily and effectively. I mean reading Eleven minutes was as much as a pleasure reading the alchemist or by the river piedra i sat down and wept. i just love the way you right. I am an Indian. and India and brazil are two countries whose culture is very vibrant and therefore i feel connected to brazil and you. you write in a fashion dat reminds me of my culture.. believe me or not but u have a hugeeeee fan following in India..
talking of BTRPISDAW.. Pilar’s story is too powerful to go unnoticed and nt inspire anybody. i cried wid pilar, i gained knowledge as she gained it. i laughed and smiled wid pilar in her good times. i was living her. i even made plans for her during the times she needed to act. u gave me my another avatar as pilar. the exercise of the other is something which unbelievingly works.. Mr. Coelho ur stories are lifeturning. it may seem odd and funny, but after reading ur stories, I ALWAYS think of a book that u wud write in future with me as a character in it, be it a small one.. I WISH TO BE IMMORTALISED IN YOUR BOOKS. bt ur books have taught me not to expect anything because if u don’t get them u feel hurt. but your books have also taught me NOT TO LOOSE HOPE.:)
but for now knowing that someday my FAVOURITE author will read my thoughts abt him gives me immmmmmmmmense pleasure.
not expecting a reply but HOPING for it.
Keep writing for humanities sake.
Cuide-se
Love,
Smriti..
Hello,
Actually I love this story as it has changed my life and my opinion about lot of things plus I’ve finished it in one day only which was totally an amazing time while reading this one. good choice
hiii, i simply want to say that i also inpired with ur books that make readers life beater specially the alchemist which make me to see the world in new perspective with ful of thoughts
Hello, I hope you’ll read this.
I don’t know how to send you an e-mail, because I have something to ask you..
I’d like to find this book in Spanish, but I have looked for 2hours with no result –’, I’m a little desappointed.
I really want it in this language, but the only time i find it, it was VERY expensive (because I live in France and there’s no publishing house who makes it.. Or they are hidden =/ )
So please Help me, that’s not for me but i need it for my Spanish teacher who’s ill .. I hope you’ll answer me and say where I can buy it.
Is “A orillas del rio Piedra me senté y lloré” the good name ?
Thanks. Peace. Bye.
try in Pirate Coelho (somewhere in this blog)
well,the others readers had been making an novel with they comments…i’ve been starded too read paulo coelho with this book and now i’m decided to reed oll of his books i just adored it:X:X:X:…i hope i’ll succed…
This quote is from this book, can somebody please translate it for me(English), I need to know exact way that it say it on the book… Thanks
“El amor no hace muchas preguntas, porque si comenzamos a pensar empazamos a tener miedo. Es un miedo inexplicable. Por eso no se pregunta: se actua. Se corren riesgo.”
“Love does not ask many questions, because if we start thinking we get frighten. It is a fear we cannot explain. That is why we don’t ask – we act – It is taking risks”
thank you!!
hello
I like your novels very much , they are inspiring , but this novel i didnt like it that much , bcz when the novel comes to religion u cant live the novel , when i read ur novels i live the story i feel myself one of the characters but this one were talking mainly about the christians pray , besides i know we are all one community , but this is just my opinion
Mr. Paulo,
I just want to say thank you for all the books you’ve written. It inspired me a lot and touched my whole life. You’ve changed how I view life. You’re a blessing from God. We hope that you’ll never stop inspiring people through your writings. Since I was 15, I was already transformed by your books and until today that I’m 19, I still keep reading them..Thank you very much.
May God Bless you and your family..
Love,
Nicole
Philippines
I would like to thank you for writing this book. A very true and touching story.By my bedside I did sit down and weep.
while reading the book..i felt sometimes lost, sometimes infused with new ways to mould my life…sometimes to just question my own existence…n it happens always when i read your books…but at the end i am more confused about what to do now…i have many spiritual doubts going inside me..n i just folllow the way i read in ur books..try to love …try to analyze nature..try to learn secrets within… n more i come to know the person that’s “me”…more i am going far from my path…the path of inner peace, contentment and to know the person that’s me…i was reading “BRIDA”..and even though i am beginning to relate myself to her…but now…have to be my own TEACHER also ….it’s a hard way ahead….but thanks for showing me the way to find a person who’s me…n the magic within…
ThAnKs
I loved this book for the love story that it was, it was beautiful, again I often find myself asking is it real or fiction.
Pilar’s unnamed soul mate should be named Noah.. He is a wonderful inspiration to those in need of any spiritual turmoil. As a reader, Im so happy for pilar’s strength and the grace of how the entire story flows..
Well… it seemed to me, at first she was not sure of herself. But when taught the lesson of ‘the other’ was the real moment when she truly found the inner strenght.
At times, we may have potential, within ourselves. Potential to overcome any obsicles. But we lack of tools for it. But when You ask, You will get – she was given the tools finally to overcome her insecurities. She had tests, which made her fail for a couple of times. But in the end her selfrespect was gained and the understanding of her weaker side also.
PS! Little things in life matter less, when we find out what life really is about.
Hello Paulo,
I just read this book and was inpired by the idea that this couple chose to enter partnership, marriage as their “religious” path. Until now the relgious path has most often been the individual, the monk who dedicates his life to love God the Father. As Ying and Yang express, where there is father there must be mother. So we must have a heavenly parent. In the union of man and woman we are in the image of the creator. A man alone or a woman alone, cannot manifest the love of the heavenly parent completely. Therefore I think this story is prophetic, in that it will stimulate new thinking for those seeking the highest religious experience and path.
Perhaps the future Dali Lama, and other spiritual leaders will want to marry, in order to more completely express godliness. Marriage is certainly not the easier spiritual path, than going it alone. The family of God, all his children, beyond the dogma, longs for love, love in a family, where we can experience the love of God in its completeness.
Paulo, our dreams are coming true. Write on.
Jim
This book changed my mind.It is wonderful!thank you
You Mr Paulo are a gift to readers, your books leave me feeling validated with the truths of the universe,being courageous with our love is the greatest gift we can give to eachother. Pilar is such a metaphoric name within the story because of courage, Thank you for reminding me always to take risks. God bless
Lei este libor hace tiempo y para mi hablo de la duda que existe siempre en nosotros, deseamos algo pero no sabemos si la decision es la exacta para un corto o largo plazo. Dejamos muchas veces que las cosas se resuelvan solas, si intentar algo. El tiempo pasa y bueno a veces es tarde, pero siempre exite el arrepentimiento, el cambio, el atreverse, el empezar de nuevo, es un libro de esperanza. Tambiem por primera vez le di significado al termino la parte femenina de Dios y como mujer me encanto.
Dear Paulo,
Why is it everytime i start reading your books i always find something similar with me and the way my life goes on??? Before knowing your literature, I thought i was the ONLY one in this world experiencing different aspects of feelings…and your books proved me opposite. I was shoked to find out at your pages the descriptions of the SAME feelings I’ve experienced already!!!! Thanks to you I don’t feel lonely anymore….
I have a dream to meet you one day and to talk to you!!!But would you be so kind to answer me now only one question: is the age 20-22 – the age when you can feel that you are different somehow or that something is going on inside you that you can’t explain?
Ooh my GOD!! I just finished this book, and I love Paulo COelhos book, I’ve read most of them but this one is the most recent one I’ve read. I was at work finishing the last pages and i cried!!! It’s so intense. It gives hope! I actually read some sort of review and it said that it was not a good book, of course not believing it I read it. Probably the person who wrote that review did NOT read the book. Its awesome!
Thank you for this gift ;)
Lesly,
Why is it that people say about certain things ‘it’s not good’ ‘that’s not good’? Why do they pass on judgements? More truth about the subject would be that they did not get connected with it, maybe they didn’t get the ideas of the piece. Maybe they didn’t find the hidden teachings of it. Maybe they had their opinion already moulded before reading, so on so on.
I could never be a critiquecist, (is that even a word) because firstly I don’t want to | play with people’s minds | and pass blind judgements on any work of art. May it be a movie, book, a painting or a concept of a lifestyle. (Maybe only if it was a criminal way!) Neither do I desire to judge all the things that I personally don’t either understand or connect with. In fact, if I had to be one, I’d feel guilty and degraded every single day.
Love,
Liina
vou contar um pouquinho da minha paixão por esse incrível escritor e pela essa obra lindíssima que é na margem do rio piedra eu sentei e chorei, antes eu nao tinha o habito de ler mas um dia em uma lanchonete folheando alguns livros encontrei esse livro era muito velhinho mas pelo titulo me chamou a atenção minha mae nao me dissera mas ñ gostava do escritor mas para insentivar o habito de ler ela deixou que eu lê-se.Eu era muito jovem só tinha 10 anos para entender algumas partes do livro mas a historia me fascinou, só que depois que terminei de ler nunca mais procurei livro algum a pouco tempo minha mae convidou eu e meu primo patra irmos a uma bienal que estava acontecendo em recife fui mas sem muito interesse chegando lá a primeira livraria que entrei tinha a maioria dos livros de paulo coelho entao me dirigi para olhar achei muito lindo as capas só não achava o que eu havia lido depois de muita procura o achei e comprei chegando em casa li com mais atenção e depois que terminei de ler fiquei apaixonada por ele entao comentei com minha mae de como era interessante a historia e minha mae me confessou que nao gostava do escritor pois achava-o muito moderninho achava que suas obras não eram boas, mas depois de tudo que eu havia dito sobre ele e sobre a obra ela tambem ficou encantada e decidiu até ler…
loved this book. it was actually through this book that i encountered paulo coelho and from then on, i became a fan. i have and read all his books. they’re one of the few things i treasure… thanks paulo for the gift of inspiration. may you continue to touch more lives.
This book brought me hope? Yes hope, that I can find myself by enjoying and talking to nature, to god. A novel of forgiveness, aprendi a dejar ir mis culpas, mi odio hacia mi. And I continue to grow, to transform each day. Thank you Paulo, I am closer to myself, to god.
:)
I really loved this book, it has made me learn certain things in life like you cannot forget who who are when you lose urself in love and also accomplishing once destinity. Love in the book is more deep and spiritual. From what i learnt in your book two people can still love each other without seeing each other and sharing a physical relationship. The only thing that needs to be known is that both love each other deeply and have a strong bond. Its really a wonderful book. I can relate to the Pillar, i have always been having a lot of doubts in my life too and still at accepting stage now and am trying to reconcile myself with my other. Its a long and hard journey but im opmtimistic that i will be able to be in peace with myself. Thanks a lot, you book is really of a great help to me.