Summary:
Paulo Coelho is back, this time with a book that ventures into soul-cleansing and surmounting spiritual destiny like his earlier works but
not through a character of fiction but through himself. Paulo in his quest of rediscovering himself encountered a lot of truths that
he thought had to take the shape of a book. The Aleph's central figure is Paulo himself; as he is struggling to hang on to his faith,
he comes to find out that there is much more behind this hanging insecurity. He decides to travel the world to try and connect to the
spirit, the essence of life, as he decides to start all over again.
On his voyage, he visits Africa, Europe and Asia. He is eager
for the touch and the caress of the light that will set him free. He meets a young woman on a train journey, a musician, a woman named
Hilal, who radiates abundance of vitality. He figures out that she is the woman he loved 500 years ago, many lifetimes before and that
she is the one, whom he had betrayed then falling prey to cowardliness. He also learns that the act he had committed hundreds of years
ago comes in the way of him finding the true happiness in life. Paulo understands that the only way to make amends is to take a mystical
journey backwards in time and to heal the wounds afflicted in the past. The journey of Paulo and Hilal makes them understand the
importance of miseries and hardships that life seems to be filled with.
Review:
The author, who is hailed as the
father of story-telling, having one too many iconic books to his name that still sell millions of copies worldwide, years after they have
been released has come up with his latest work that have been released in various languages. This story is built on the foundation of
surrealism that takes your understanding of the parameters of life to a toss as it transcends the physical dimensions of existence to
cross over to the realms of travelling through space and time. The book is straight from Paulo's heart as he tries to take on the
challenges that hamper and affect the quality life of people. He writes the book which is salubrious and has tremendous power to heal
broken and divided hearts.
The book also makes us realize our infinite nature that goes way beyond our sensory perceptions of the
world. The book makes you reminisce the mystical nuances that you would have encountered previously in Paulo Coelho's books. And mystical
insights can happen to anyone and anywhere, one just has to be open-minded and receptive in acknowledging the subtle meanings behind our
intuitions. The Aleph holds the perennial wisdom that the Truth of life is in the moment and not in chasing the trail of the past
and the impendence of the future. The beauty and the rhythm of the Universe is felt by being in the moment-evermore.
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