Touch here and you will get random pieces of Maktub [english]

surprised at the meaning of life and God's designs.

2003 - To the one (english)
          Text written for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Shirin Ebadi, and read by Michael Douglas during the Nobel Prize Peace Concert, Oslo 2003.

The coming of age of a Brazilian Phenomenon [48 k, .pdf file, english]
Interview to World Literature Today, May/June 2003.

Thank you, President Bush - [60 k, .pdf file, english] - [23 k,.doc file, english, click here]
Article written in March 8, 2003 for Open Democracy.

Das Märchen von den zwei Straßen - [117 k, .pdf file, german]

History and the art of riding a bycicle - [article for Global Agenda, 232 k, .pdf file, english]

Stories for parents, children and grandchildren - [789 k, .pdf file, english]
A gift from Paulo Coelho to his readers. You may print but sale is forbidden.

Maktub - [66 k, .zip file, italian]
Short stories, translated by Giorgio Maria Di Nunzio.

Prologue of "The Alchemist" - [4 k, .rtf file, english]

MAKTUB, 1996 - [172 pages, 48 k, .zip file, english]
You may download free the full version of Paulo Coelho's "Maktub", a collection of 110 short stories (published in several Brazilian newspapers) translated by Alan R. Clarke.

VERONIKA DECIDES TO DIE, 1999 - [40k, .rtf file, english]
This is the first chapter of Paulo Coelho's new book, due to be released in most countries during the second half of 1999. To get more information, go to Books.

RUSSIAN VERSIONS OF THE ALCHEMIST

THE ALCHEMIST - [152 k, .zip file, russian]

THE ALCHEMIST - [90 k, .zip file, russian]

The Alchemist is now in the process of being professionally published by Sophia Publishers in Russia. The book was launched in May 2.000, but there are still some problems of distribution. We hope to have this problem solved by the end of the year. Meanwhile, you may download the full version of the book, using translations that we found in Internet, and that we are not responsible for the quality. As soon as the situation is solved, these downloads will be taken away from this page. The first version is in Cyrillic, and the second one is in Ocidental alphabet.

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