Qui est Athéna, si charismatique et si vulnérable à la fois ? Fille adoptive d'une famille libanaise exilée à Londres, elle rencontre à l'université le futur père de son enfant. Bouleversée par sa propre maternité, elle part à la recherche de sa mère biologique, une Tzigane roumaine.Paulo Coelho retrace le voyage initiatique de la mystérieuse Athéna à travers le prisme de ceux qui l'ont connue. Une magnifique leçon de vie et d'amour.

La sorcière de Portobello

En plein festival de Cannes, la Croisette fourmille de starlettes en mal de gloire, de puissants réalisateurs, d'acteurs de renom et de touristes surexcités. Parmi eux rôde également Igor, brisé par une rupture sentimentale douloureuse. Et qui a décidé de se venger. Les destins se croisent : Gabriela, jeune actrice naïve mais ambitieuse ; Jasmine, mannequin rwandais exilé aux Pays-Bas ; Javits, producteur influent et véreux ; Hamid Hussein, styliste parti de rien et aujourd'hui au sommet de sa gloire... Tous tentent de se faire remarquer dans le monde vicieux et superficiel du show-business. Mais l'irruption d'Igor bouleversera leur vie à jamais. La Solitude du vainqueur fait le portrait d'un monde aux valeurs morales en perdition. Paulo Coelho dépeint une Croisette où les puissants écrasent les faibles, où les hommes s'accrochent à des espoirs illusoires de réussite et les femmes à des canons de beauté tyranniques pour atteindre un but superficiel et vain.

La solitude du vainqueur

Paulo Coelho, one of the world''s best loved storytellers, is back with a riveting novel tracing the mysterious life and disappearance of Athena dubbed ''the Witch of Portobello'', which was a top ten Sunday Times bestseller in hardback.  This is the story of Athena, or Sherine, to give her the name she was baptised with. Her life is pieced together through a series of recorded interviews with those people who knew her well or hardly at all - parents, colleagues, teachers, friends, acquaintances, her ex-husband.  The novel unravels Athena''s mysterious beginnings, via an orphanage in Romania, to a childhood in Beirut. When war breaks out, her adoptive family move with her to London, where a dramatic turn of events occurs...  Athena, who has been dubbed ''the Witch of Portobello'' for her seeming powers of prophecy, disappears dramatically, leaving those who knew her to solve the mystery of her life and abrupt departure.  Like The Alchemist, The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love, passion, joy and sacrifice.

The Witch of Portobello

An extraordinary mixture of adventure story and guide to self-knowledge, this book recounts the spectacular trials of Paulo and his mentor, Petrus, as they journey across Spain in search of a miraculous sword.  A compelling tale that delivers a powerful brew of magic and insight, The Pilgrimage recounts the amazing trials of Paulo Coelho and his mysterious mentor, Petrus, as they journey across Spain in search of a miraculous sword - on a legendary road travelled by pilgrims of San Tiago since the Middle Ages.  Paulo''s visionary blend of mysticism, magical realism and folklore makes this an adventure story with a difference.

The Pilgrimage

A tale spanning twenty-four hours at the Cannes Film Festival follows the experiences of a successful and driven Russian entrepreneur who resorts to increasingly violent lengths to reclaim a lost love amidst the glitz and glamour of the festival's activities.

The Winner Stands Alone

In his latest international bestseller, the celebrated author of The Alchemist addresses the fundamental questions asked by millions: What am I doing here today? and Why do I go on living?Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything she could wish for: youth and beauty, pleny of attractive boyfriends, a fulfilling job, and a loving family. Yet something is lacking in her life. Inside her is a void so deep that nothing could possibly ever fill it. So, on the morning of November 11, 1997, Veronika decides to die. She takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting never to wake up.Naturally Veronika is stunned when she does wake up at Villete, a local mental hospital, where the staff informs her that she has, in fact, partially succeeded in achieving her goal. While the overdose didn't kill Veronika immediately, the medication has damaged her heart so severely that she has only days to live.The story follows Veronika through the intense week of self-discovery that ensues. To her surprise, Veronika finds herself drawn to the confinement of Villete and its patients, who, each in his or her individual way, reflect the heart of human experience. In the heightened state of life's final moments, Veronika discovers things she has never really allowed herself to feel before: hatred, fear, curiosity, love, and sexual awakening. She finds that every second of her existence is a choice between living and dying, and at the eleventh hour emerges more open to life than ever before.In Veronika Decides to Die, Paulo Coelho takes the reader on a distinctly modern quest to find meaning in a culture overshadowed by angst, soulless routine, and pervasive conformity. Based on events in Coelho's own life, Veronika Decides to Die questions the meaning of madness and celebrates individuals who do not fit into patterns society considers to be normal. Poignant and illuminating, it is a dazzling portrait of a young woman at the crossroads of despair and liberation, and a poetic, exuberant appreciation of each day as a renewed opportunity.

Veronika décide de mourir

Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams.

L'Alchimiste

Linda a 31 ans et, aux yeux de tous, une vie parfaite : elle a un mari aimant, des enfants bien élevés, un métier gratifiant de journaliste et habite dans une magnifique propriété à Genève. Cependant, elle ne supporte plus de faire semblant d'être heureuse quand, en vérité, elle ne ressent rien d'autre qu'un sentiment grandissant d'apathie et d'indifférence. 

Jusqu'au jour où elle retrouve un ancien petit ami. Jacob est un homme politique de premier plan et, lors d'une interview, il éveille en elle un sentiment oublié depuis longtemps : la passion. 

Elle fera tout pour conquérir cet amour impossible et devra aller au plus profond d'elle-même pour enfin trouver le bonheur.

La sorcière de Portobello

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