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Publication dates 2011
JANUARY 2012: Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Israel
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Obrigada por despertar em mim o meu Aleph… estamos juntos nessa busca.
Beijos no coração
My English is not very good. But, hope, essence will be clear. A year ago, in June 2011 I got in Aleph.
It happened in Crimea, in Bakhchisarai. We departed from an university on ethnographic practice. A professor asked boy from my group(B) to dress a suitbe of the Crimean khan, that all of other to do a photo with him. Each of us had a theme for practical employment, and my was are suits.
I stood with fotoaparatom and looked through a lens on the changed clothes «Cto dress a suitrimean khan» and two my friends near him. And here — as if pictures over that I saw, a park and odnogrupniki nowhere went, but next to it: harem, girl in a bright dress on pillows.
I know exactly – it I, in a harem, once a long ago. And sultan which I dance for.
Sweetnesses on large silver trays, musicians with long pipes and drums, mirror in the heavy fretted frame. But not here, not in Bakhchisarai.
And it seemed to me that B is a that sultan. He is a not bad boy, but I was sure before, I need other. At that moment, I still did not read any one of your books, and I had no plans to do it.
I think, success of Paulo Koel’o in what he writes about mysticism and sex – who is interested in that?
In the evening, in the room of odnogrupnika I saw a book «Zahir». I do not know why, I decided is a sign.
I decided to take it easy. But in October, the next day after the birthday I said that love to B. It is impossible to build palace from sand. And reality on some visions about sultans to build did not turn out. We parted without quarrels and scandals, and in general without explanations. But for that time, while we met, he woke up interest me on Koelho.
I re-read all books. And in the last found the name a that strange occurence in Crimea is Aleph.
There are books. And then there are books.
And then there’s Aleph.
Just finished reading this gem. I’m 21, which made it easier for me to relate to Hilal. And like her, I too feel that your books are meant for me, that they speak to me.
Aleph came at a time when I’m going through a crisis of faith myself. Nothing I do makes me happy. My soul feels so… dead.
And I so echo Hilal’s feelings. ‘Life has been very hard on me but at the same time it has taught me a great deal. You can’t see it but my body is covered in open wounds that are constantly bleeding. I wake each morning wanting to die before the day is out, but I continue to live, suffering and fighting, fighting and suffering, clinging on to the certainty that it will all end one day…’
Hilal found her salvation in that journey. Don’t know when I’ll find mine.
But thanks to your books, I do feel alive time and again. You are not just a writer. You are an inspiration.
Love you like the river…
Why don’t you go really extreme as a writer and write a follow up to ALEPH from Hilal’s perspective? It was not enough for me to have her tell the narrator of her dream, her purpose for wanting to tag along, for her resolution of her past life trauma. Her life is every bit as important as the narrator’s life but in order for him to continue this spiritual journey, he must integrate his soul into hers, imagine her story and her own resolution much better than he did from what he was thinking in reaction to her. He must show her reactions to the narrator at every turn in the story. There are two illustrations on the cover of ALEPH, both are the same sort of torsion field, but really, the book is only about one torsion field. Through the property of imagination, the author can go into Hilal and really help show a better, clearer picture of the undialing process that is in the brave examination of treating the experience that sticks to the soul from the not past, but OTHER life.
very true, it would be great to know the perpective of Hilal too…..
Thank you for Aleph, Paolo! This amazing book impressed me greately! Our life is a train and there is no end. It is very life-asserting! Aleph shows us that we have to live Here and Now what is easy and difficult at the same time. But we’ll try!!! Спасибо!
Fiquei muito decepcionada com o Aleph. Ja li varios livros seus e achei este o mais fraco , bacana sua constante busca pra se conhecer melhor mas os personagens e historias me pareceram superficiais . Cada vez que alguem comenta que “amou” o livro so me pergunto “sera que esta pessoa leu o Alquimista?” ou “veronica decide morrer”? Estes sim passam mensagens que guardarei comigo pro resto de minha vida. Achei muitos trechos bem cliche.
Sinto muito a dura critica, acredite sou sua fã !
muito legal!! viajei…parece a estrada de ferro madeira mamoré,que fica em porto velho.começa em poro velho e termina em porto velho………paulo admiro muito seu trabalho lei sempre seus livros gosto muito ,porque viajo muito neles…..paulo ousa va musica do grupo minhas raízes amo a amazônia e se inspire nela vc vai amar este grupo de adolecentes que luta emprou dos povos ribeirinhos da amazônia e da nossa florestafaço parte deste grupo.ousa no yutube grupo minhas raízes vc vai acha varias musicas e videos abços…….
…was never mine and never will be; that is how it is. We are both creators and creatures, but we are also puppets in God’s hands, and there is a line we cannot cross, a line that was drawn for reasons we cannot know. We can approach and even dabble our toes in the river, but are forbidden to plunge in and let ourselves be carried along by the current.” -Aleph. Some books are read. Aleph is LIVED. I couldn’t agree more.
Paulo,
Mil gracias por escribir este libro. Aleph es un excelente libro…., para reflexionar…Para ser Feliz y vivir a plenitud solamente hace falta encontrarse consigo mismo.
Saludos desde Holanda.
I never comment in this kind of blogs, but now has become a need to share why this book arrived in my live and the way it did.
I thought that in life, we have something like a kit situations , that we can forgive and another kit that we cannot leave them pass… now miles away from my family, my country and friends, I found in my isolation the power of forgiveness which is only a reflect of the real love.
For some years ago I’ve had the wondering of what was the mission of my life, and more over I started to worry about what the others are doing to find their way. Finally at this point of my life I found that the mission of the human being is TO LOVE, no matter the way, the time …
Thanks for the messages received from this book!
Lieber Paulo,
Ich danke Ihnen für alle wunderbaren Bücher, die ich bisher die Freude und Ehre hatte sie lesen zu dürfen!
Gerade habe ich “Aleph” zu Ende gelesen und ich fand es wunderbar.
Sie wissen genau,wie Sie die Seelen Ihrer Leser berühren können.
Besonders danke ich Ihnen für “Der Alchemist”, der mich in einer schweren Zeit begleitet und mir geholfen hat wieder nach vorn zu blicken.
Ich hoffe,dass wir alle noch weitere “Seelen-Freunde” zu lesen bekommen.
Herzlichst,Ihre Kerstin aus Mannheim,Deutschland
Min reise har startet,jeg takker deg for å ha åpnet porten:)
Dear Paulo,
Thank you for the book The Fifth Mountain. For the last two years, I have been in an ongoing struggle which began with the encounter with the “unavoidable”. I had called it a tragedy and my entire world collapsed before my eyes.
This book connects with my soul at this moment and I have found myself crying as I saw things that I had not seen. I clung to God so closely, relied on Him and believed that if I had just given all of my power over to Him to choose my fate, then all would go well. But now I feel abandoned. I no longer long for the past. I just want to keep walking.
Thank you for this book as it has helped me in a time of great struggle with God and with man.
Dear prinie ….. Unavoidable….Real pain is only known to people who have gone through this unavoidable…..i m one of them who has undergone trecheries of the unavoidable.. Nothing is in our hands… You have to accept it…..you have to bear the pain……but life is such….it goes on and on…..in the fifth mountain words of Shepherd to Elijah provide a lot of support ….THE UNAVOIDABLE ALWAYS HAPPENS
YOU NEED PATIENCE AND DISCIPLINE TO OVERCOME IT..
AND HOPE , WHEN THAT NO LONGER EXISTS ONE CANT WASTE HIS ENERGY FIGHTING AGAINST THE IMPOSSIBLE
ITS NOT A QUESTION OF HOPE IN FUTURE ITS A QUESTION OF RECREATING YOUR OWN PAST..
IF YOU HAVE A PAST THAT SATISFIES YOU, FORGET IT NOW…IMAGINE A NEW STORY OF YOUR LIFE , AND BELIVE IN IT …CONCENTRATE ONLY ON THOSE MOMENTS IN WHICH YOU ACHEIVED WHAT YOU DESIRED, AND THIS STRENGTH WILL HELP YOU ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU WANT…
ITS BETTER TO START REBUILDING LIFE RIGHT AWAY
IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME FOR EVERYTHING TO RETURN TO WHAT IT WAS….
These words are very powerful but still my question to God is aleays Why Me ? Its easy to say everything returns to what it was but its only people like us who know its very difficult looks like impossible…. May God provide you enough strength to come out of the Pain n Sufferings of Unavoidable…. Wishing you all my fellow sufferers of Unavoidable a speedy recovery…. Our gratitudes to Paulo for writing such Powerful and Effective Healing Words……
Ooops kindly correct…. DISSATISFIES Instead of SATISFIES…..
IF YOU HAVE A PAST THAT DISSATISFIES YOU, FORGET IT NOW…
Trenutno zivim u Zenevi.Kad Sam stigla moja drugarica se ponudila da mi pokaze cuveni sat od cveca.”O,moj Boze,da li je to sat ispred koga se slikao Paulo Koeljo?”pitala sam drugaricu.”Ko je Paulo Koeljo?”pitala je ona.”O,moj Boze…”zavapila sam.However,uskoro ja sam se slikala ispred sata od cveca.U tom trenutku i na tom mestu,ja sam bila jako srecna.Puno pozdrava!Nastavite da pisete!
Me facina este libro sienpre eh creido en el reecuentro con personas que conocimos en vidas anteriores
Ik heb Aleph net gekocht, kan niet wachten om te beginnen met lezen.
please make an arabic version!!!!!!!!
أتمنى تصدر نسخة عربية من الكناب !! :)
Every time you know where to touch the human soul. God bless you, your family and the all people.
Hello.
Dear Paolo Coelho,
Do you read it from time to time?
I’d like to talk to you ;)))
Cheers.
Well, I wanted to feal this….. I wanted to exprience this…. what was that I am still searching…. A beautiful world of Fact but still it seams like Dream….. My eyes asking me to coment more….. But Iam speachless….. Thank you for This….. Paulo….
Danke, Paolo für Deine wunderbaren Bücher…
Ich bekomme einen neuen Zugang zu meinem Selbst..
Deine Bücher beflügeln meine Träume war werden zu
lassen…
Aleph unterstützt mich dabei sehr..
Gott segne Dich..
Yvonne
“Ici commence un nouveau chapitre de votre vie” cette phrase était pour moi plus qu’assez pour acheter le livre , mais à la fin …j’était déçue pourtant c’était le 5 ème livre que je lis de Paulo Coelho et ils étaient tous formidable ,mais Aleph n’était pas suffisant pour moi pour me convaincre de l’utilité de ce voyage spirituelle , même si j’ai trop envie et sans raison convenable , je n’en crois pas … Mais pourtant ça reste une nouvelle découverte alors Merci pour ça
thank you for the revelation! we need to talk about it ..feel it.. we begin to remember it.. it is a weighty step to recovery .. this point is the truth.. thank you and love you :)
Gracias por tus aportes Paulo, a veces uno solo de tus consejos me levantan el animo, me dan inspiración y alivio.
SALUDOS!
Paulo Coelho’s works are a great contribution to English literature. Your books are mind opening, I must admit. Keep up the hard work.
It does not do to dwell on dreams, you have to live them.
Dear Paulo))) Today I am absolutely happy) I have waited for this book 5 months! Today, I bought your book, “Aleph” in Russia in my small town, my town is located 500 kilometers from Moscow)! My parents traveled on the Trans-Siberian Railway in 1985) I just want to say that I love you)! May God be with you)
so does paulo actually read all those comments or people do it for him?
Bonjour Paulo,
Juste pour vous remercier de ce très bon moment passé à vous écouter au Salon du livre de Genève dimanche dernier. Peut-être aurai-je l’occasion de vous croiser un jour dans les rues de cette belle ville.
Isabelle
I cannot start to think that I could write like you do, but I wish I could. With a life of suicide attempts, murder, drug and alcohol abuse, physical and mental abuse and incest surrounding my youth including multiple stepfathers, two failed marriages for myself (third time blessed) and a career-life that went horribly wrong, forcing me to make a living in a country half way around the world, your Aleph gives me inspiration at the same level any religious script would. I think it is time I discovered my Aleph. Thank you.
I’ve finished it now.Aleph is a phenomena.you know in our language(Persian) Aleph is our first alphabeth too, just like Arabic and arami and Hebrew.
Thank you
God bless you
Paulo,
i am an ardent ”Paulo Coelho’ reader, and i love the way you communicate and understand life and the purpose of it, and us in it……i have had my share of challenges in life, again very grateful for it, however, never understood why i went through what i went through. Reading your books brings calm in me, and helps me understand how life is, and how the universe plays a part in all of us. my fav reading has been Brida and the the Witch of Portobello. I am reading the Aleph now. Need i say, i am able to understand my journey better with it:)…..so thank you for your gift of writing that allows us to think inward.
Dear Paulo,
Aleph is a great contribution to the inheritance of humanity. I would like to share with you the below website, which is really interesting. When I check it I said myself: Why not?
http://www.godishere.in/
Smiling loves with the ONE’s rememberance
Ja sam procitala sve knjige koje su prevedene na srpski jezik i to vise puta svaku.Sve su sjajne i u svakoj sam pronasla neki deo sebe.Zahvalna sam na tome.Alef je takodje odlicna knjiga,podstakla me je na mnoga razmisljanja.Jedino sto mi je zasmetalo je sto se spasenje i duhovno traganje postize uz pomoc mlade devojke,opet.?Puno pozdrava,sa zeljom da Vase knjige zauvek postoje!
Hi, only discovered you by chance a couple months ago. I go into the library & ask God to lead me to what I need. Thats my little ritual. I was lead to you… had never even heard of you before. Started with The Valkyies. Have now read Achemist, 11 Min, Witch of Portobello, The Zahir and busy with Veronica decides to Die. I was also put in a looni bin when I was 15yrs (for almost a year), so can really identify with this. Your books have been a life saver for me. I’m so grateful you exist! :-)
Amei o livro. Amo todos os livros de Paulo Coelho. Gostaria de ter a sabedoria de Paulo para entender o porquê de muitas coisas ruins na minha vida. Principalmente nos dias como hoje, em que fui profundamente humilhada e por isso meu coração está numa tristeza de morte.
Parabéns, Paulo!
This you tube video is precisely what was missing in the book. The Aleph is so sublime it is silent.
I write a post on my blog about u. I think your amazing writer. I would love for you to read it please.
Todos nós temos que fazer uma viagem ,para fugir da nossa rotina , mas a mais maravilhosa das viagens é aquela que fazemos em nosso proprio interior ,na busca de conhecer sobre nós mesmo e o que somos nesse mundo! qqQuerido Paulo Coelho você para mim é só INSPIRAÇÃA
I never got so connected with any book like it happened with the aleph. as if i cud feel exactly what the book says. it was amazing. i would love to go into an aleph. but i guess i have to wait until it takes place..
Sonia
I feel terrible as I say I’ve not been moved by this book,THIS journey ,im determined to read it again.
Shalom !
I just finished readin “Aleph” (in Hebrew) for the second time.
I wanted to thank you for bringing me back on track ive lost a couple of years ago…For “lack of practice” I guess…
You made everything real again.
Wonderful, full of life, simple and Brilliant.
Thank You.
Dear Paulo ,
It was an pleasure to be part of your journey
I am still reading Aleph……………I am on a journey………..mine……….
I´m still reading Aleph too, and as you say it´s a beautiful journey, Thanks Paolo
i enyoyed reading ALEPH .
You are a brilliant idiot !!! thanks for allowing me to share your journey.
i’ll continue to seek out your works for my reading pleasure !!!
God Bless & with many loves like a river,
Leah Lee
Dear Paulo Coelho
I write a post on my blog about u. I think your amazing writer. I would love for you to read it please.
I was leaving Bali, the island of the Gods. At the airport with little pennies to spare I spent the last few minutes before departing in the Airport book shop… and just like other stories that came at the right time,… Aleph was there, in the middle of the shelf, staring me in the face…. Aleph. Thank you. Thank you for helping me understand my own pilgrimage, and bringing me closer to some of the answers to my own questions…….., I feel like I was with you on every step of the journey. “I love you like a River”
Bueno aunque no lo crean yo me llamo Aleph, se que no me van a creer ustedes diran que cosa, es imposible, pero es cierto, y despues de leer el libro con apenas 9 años me siento orgullosa por portar un nombre tan bello como es Aleph
After a hectic day taking care of my 2 daughters, I relax by reading the nice words and it makes me feel better and more relieved from the stresses of life.
Thanks Paulo
Hola !
“Aleph” que buen libro, lo que mas se me quedo en la mente al terminar de leerlo, es que “es mejor estar en el tren, que esperar en la estación” que buena reflexión. Muchas Felicidades
Saludos desde México