Ok. I have come to the realization that Paulo Coelho is one of my favorite authors. He tells a story like a poet. I want to sit on a curb with him, some wine at our side, the night sky above our heads and talk about life, love, beauty and literature. I would have to tell him to read my favorite book-The Club Dumas and it would go from there and be a night to remember. Here are some things I took away from the book: the book is about a famous author whose wife disappears. Did she leave him, was she kidnapped? He just doesn't know. But he becomes an obsessed man in search for the answers, while still keeping up appearances, etc. After a few years he starts to date again, but still wonders what happened to his wife. He starts to use the words "ex-wife". He has ultimately come to the conclusion that she left him and ran away with her translator (she was a journalist).
One day, at a booksigning, he gets some answers when he leasts expects it, and the story begins.
This one is about love, loss, finding yourself again, and the hardest part-going in search for yourself. It reminds me of Revolutionary Road in a sense where, there has got to be something bigger out there than just sitting back and watching life pass you by. The major difference between the two books is that this one goes on a more spiritual journey, and that's where I became a little disinterested. Don't get me wrong, I love spiritualism and I believe in all that stuff, but the book is heavier on new age stuff than I had anticipated.
Also, this book opens up with a great poem called "Ithaca" by Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933) I suggest you look it up! :)
