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The Zahir:

A Novel of Obsession
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1343 Reviews
HarperCollins, Jul 3, 2006 - Fiction - 336 pages

The narrator of The Zahir is a bestselling novelist who lives in Paris and enjoys all the privileges money and celebrity bring. His wife of ten years, Esther, is a war correspondent who has disappeared along with a friend, Mikhail, who may or may not be her lover.

Was Esther kidnapped, murdered, or did she simply escape a marriage that left her unfulfilled? The narrator doesn't have any answers, but he has plenty of questions of his own. Then one day Mikhail finds the narrator and promises to reunite him with his wife. In his attempt to recapture a lost love, the narrator discovers something unexpected about himself.

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Its love story, I don't like the ending. - weRead
disappointed about the ending, didn't like it at all. - weRead
Very fresh insights. - weRead
Paulo Coelho is such an imaginative writer. - weRead
Though I guess that would have ruined the premise.) - Goodreads
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User Review  - Yusra Shah - Goodreads

A successful writer is left mystified by the disappearance of his wife, Esther. Although time brings new love and accomplishment, thoughts of Esther keep returning to him and soon his wife becomes a ... Read full review

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User Review  - Shruti Tiwari - Goodreads

One of Paulo Coelho's amazing works ever. Though I'm not sure why the book was not considered as wonderful as I found it by many but it set in a great deal of appreciation for the author in my heart ... Read full review

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About the author (2006)

Paulo Coelho, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, is one of the bestselling and most influential authors in the world. The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage, The Valkyries, Brida, Veronika Decides to Die, Eleven Minutes, The Zahir, The Witch of Portobello, and The Winner Stands Alone, among others, have sold 115 million copies in more than 160 countries.

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Paulo Coelho naciÓ en Brasil en 1947 y es uno de los autores con mÁs influencia de hoy dÍa. Conocido mundialmente por el bestseller internacional El Alquimista, Coelho ha vendido mÁs de 100 millones de libros en todo el mundo, los cuales han sido traducidos a 68 idiomas y publicados en 150 paÍses. Paulo Coelho escribe una columna semanal que se publica en los periÓdicos mÁs importantes del mundo.

Margaret Jull Costa has translated into the English more than 35 books, including Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago's "All the Names" & "The Tale of the Unknown Island", Antonio Perez Reverte's "The Flander's Panel", Fernando Pessoa's Book of Disquiet" & Luisa Valenzuela's "Bedside Manners". She lives in London.

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