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The Zahir: A Novel of Obsession | 
 enlarge | Author: Paulo Coelho
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 4931
Media: Paperback
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0007220855
EAN: 9780007220854
ASIN: 0007220855
Publication Date: May 2, 2006
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Condition: some corners turned up, but in good order.
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 not one of his best August 26, 2008
dee (UK)
Obviously everybody who reads this book will probably have a different opinion about it, but after reading several of his books I was a bit disappointed with this one.
It's still written in his usual style and I love how he expresses himself, but the storyline was a bit of a let-down for me. I expected more from Paulo Coelho.
 A tale of love, longing and obsesssion June 13, 2008
Claire Finnerty
Without a doubt this book is a truly great piece of work. Not the simplistic and beautiful message we can easily absorb and receive in the Alchemist... nonetheless a powerful read. It does get a bit heavy and circuitous in the middle chapters for sure but I think having read many Paulo Coelho books he uses the weightiness of his story to show us sometimes how life can be.... we get weighed down with life before we find our path once again.
Read this book if you have ever found yourself lost or unhappy with what you have become in your life... its a soulful search for the man he had lost ... the one his wife could no longer live with. Each person has their own Zahir - its finding the courage and the way to follow your heart's desire that eventually takes us to ourselves.
Searching March 21, 2008
Steven R. McEvoy (Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've returned once again to one of my favorite authors to review his latest work. Paulo Coelho of international fame for The Alchemist, 11 Minutes and The Devil and Miss Prym, has released his latest The Zahir. According to the book, the Zahir in Arabic means present, visible, incapable of being unnoticed. It is something that grabs our thought, mind and spirit and demands our full attention. It is believed to lead to either Holiness or madness. In this book, the Zahir is a woman, an idea of a woman, a longing. Our main character sounds very familiar to our author; in fact our hero is a famous author now living in Paris, with his books being published in nearly every language. (which sounds like Mr. Coelho. This book is being published in 50 countries/languages this year alone. The author writes books that millions love, adore, and claim changes their lives. Yet he appears to have stopped living the type of deliberate life he writes about. He has settled into a complacent life.
Then one day his wife disappears. Over time she becomes his Zahir; he writes a book about love and for a while the Zahir fades. Then he meets the man he believes she had left with and the Zahir returns.
This is a wonderful story about becoming, and remembering who you were meant to be, not who you settled into. It will stir in you a passion to be more than you think you can be, and, to give more, and love more purely. Follow a man who goes in search of an estranged wife, only to find himself.
(First Published in Imprint 2005-09-14 as 'Is your objective very visible?)
 Dull Dull Dull March 10, 2008
gemima777 (UK)
How this author has managed to become so successfull is beyond me.
The story completely lacks suspense as you begin to realise that the central characters' missing wife is much better off not being found, since her husband is a sexist, selfish and arrogant bore of a man.
The language used by the author is bland and un-inspiring, and this book seems to be just an excuse for him to express his dated and pretentions views in a very boring over indulgent way.
Pretentious October 25, 2007
Supergirl77 (Liverpool)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
'The Zahir' is a dire read. Self-indulgent and dull. A few interesting messages, but not worth the HOURS it took me to get through this book. It was a relief to reach the end.
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