Book: The Witch Of Portobello Paulo Coelho, one of the world's best loved storytellers, is back with a riveting new novel set in London.
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.
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Review by nehaThe Witch of Portobello is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by the many who knew her well—or hardly at all. It`s about a woman born in Transylvania to a Romani mother, who is orphaned and later adopted by a wealthy Lebanese.
Athena's great problem was that she was a woman of the twenty-second century living in the twenty-first, and making no secret of the fact, either. The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love, passion, joy, and sacrifice
. Most any authors have the ability to create a snapshot of a person; but Paulo Coelho has created a masterpiece with his newest novel The Witch of Portobello. Athena is at once the most believable and most unreal character I have ever met: her story is one of love, and it is a story that urges everyone to 'Just love'. Paulo Coelho takes us on a most inspiring adventure, in his newest novel The Witch of Portobello, to discover Athena, an amazing woman. Coelho takes us along on Athena's search for love, acceptance, protection and ultimately herself. Along this journey we discover many extraordinary characters who lead us to a unique understanding of a young woman's physical and spiritual journey that not only engages the reader but also encourages us to 'just be different'. I absolutely loved the new novel by Paulo Coelho, The Witch of Portobello. Through the accounts of those who knew her best, Coelho shows us the most beautiful portrait of a young woman, Athena, in search for love, acceptance, protection and ultimately herself. Along the way readers are encouraged to 'just be different' and to realize that 'love just is'. This book truly is a wonderful work of fiction that has the potential to change the world."
Details of Book: The Witch Of Portobello Book: The Witch Of Portobello
Author: Paulo Coelho
ISBN: 0007257449
ISBN-13: 9780007257447
, 978-0007257447
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 2007
Publisher: Harper Collins Paper Back
Number of Pages: 352 pages
Language: English