- Audio Cassette
- Publisher: Dove Entertainment Inc (June 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0787111767
- ISBN-13: 978-0787111762
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 10.9 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (84 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,869,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This first United States paperback of By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept comes after huge worldwide sales of the novel of faith, romance, miracles, and the importance of following the heart's true path. The inspirational tale follows Pilar, a young woman from the Spanish countryside who, sparked by the teachings of a now-mysterious man she has known and loved since childhood, leaves her graduate studies and embarks on a spiritual pilgrimage through the Pyrenees Mountains and reevaluates her life and her future. Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho, author of the international bestseller The Alchemist, is considered to be one of the most widely-read Latin American writers in the world.
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From Publishers Weekly
Before James Redfield there was Coelho, whose fiction laden with spiritual messages has proved more popular overseas than here. (The Alchemist, first published in Brazil in 1988 and here in 1993, glanced PW's paperback bestseller list but has sold two million copies in South America.) Though likely to please the author's fans, this new novel, a didactic love story set in modern-day Spain, may not extend his reach. Its heroine is Pilar, 28, who, in the company of her former boyfriend, learns over the course of seven days that "the spiritual path is traveled by means of the daily experience of love." That may be music to Coelho devotees, but others will note the surrounding cacophony-the incessant lapsing from narrative into lecture; the stilted characters, who lack motive and verisimilitude (after 10 years of separation, the ex, a former seminarian, now an esteemed miracle worker, invites Pilar for coffee and declares his love for her). Coelho's message, though, informed by his adherence to the Roman Catholic sect of the Order of Ram, is invariably heartfelt and challenging, emphasizing the feminine aspects of the divine and the charismatic aspects of worship. "Some day," Pilar learns, "people would realize... that we can perform miracles, cure, prophesize and understand." Whether that understanding will encompass Coelho's reasons for sacrificing dramatic integrity to polemic, and for insisting on cloaking sermons in fictional trappings, remains to be seen. $75,000 ad/promo.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Read for the writing, if not for the author's viewpoint,
This review is from: By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept (Paperback)
I've noticed very extreme ratings from 1 star to 5 stars given to this book.This book forces the reader to think about some pertinent issues in life: do we quietly accept or burdens? Or do we fight to change our dull boring lives? Should we let ourselves be mired in habit or should be seek a wonder-filled life? It does seem a touch too chauvinistic - Pilar's friend is too much the perfect guy, the romantic spiritual teacher who teaches her about the meaning of life - but right at the end of the book, the author has redeemed Pilar by letting show her friend some very important things about love. People will rate this book according to whethere or not they agree with the author on these issues, but I rate this work 4 stars anyway for its unusual romantic storyline, and the writing, which is laudable. Read the book. Even if you don't like the author's ideas, you should still ponder the themes relating to life, acceptance and love of the novel. Without this book to open our eyes, many people might just pass through life without ever noticing these issues.
2.0 out of 5 stars
his style just isn't my thing,
By lafleurpetite (canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness (Paperback)
Just could not get excited about this book. I guess it's Coelho's style of writing that turns me off - the inner dialogues are a bit much...not my thing
1.0 out of 5 stars
TERRIBLE book by an AMAZING author,
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This review is from: By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept: A Novel of Forgiveness (Paperback)
Wow was I sorely disappointed in this book. Previous to this book I had read "The Alchemist", and "Veronika Decides to Die" which were both extremely well written books. In fact "The Alchemist" is now a top my favorites list. This book was an excruciating read, and had nothing interesting to say whatsoever. I had to rush through it because I cannot leave a book, however bad unread, but I definitely regret purchasing and reading this book. If are you are going through Coelho's booklist do not leave this book `til last as it will leave a sour taste in your mouth. Do not let this sway you from Coelho's other books. I simply do not understand how someone could like this book.
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