Reading Paulo Coelho is an experience.. It transport the reader to a different plane altogether.. His work is at the same time popular fiction and non fiction ; philosophical and mystic ; like the panchathanthra stories or Esope's tale, it talks about life and its virtues.... the journey called life each one of us takes.. the experience.. the turbulence.. the inner fears and doubts.. the values.. and the light at the end of the tunnel.
Paulo Coelho influence and inspires the reader thru' his work.. It's absolutely amazing to experience a writer who could take you thru' the labyrinths of human mind and affect your thoughts and influence your attitude.. And you reach a state of mind from where there is no turning back..
When I read 'The Alchemist' almost a decade back, I was awaken to the inner spirit which could guide me thru' my journey in search of my treasure.. Isn't it too romantic an idea to think that the whole universe manifest together to make you realise your destiny. It says if you keep your senses in sync, you could never miss those signs and clues it leaves along the path to guide you thru' the right one.....
'The Pilgrimage' is a prelude to 'The Alchemist' about a similar journey to experience life.
'Brida' taught me about the gift I might be possessing and the astral life which connects me to the universe and the people I meet.. It's reassuring to feel that the bonding I feel for a person could well be 'cause of him or her being my soulmate and a part of my universe..
Zaheer talks about the lonely journey each of us has to take in this life.. and no matter how confident and up close you're with another person, you never could fully understand an other being or be in sync.. Each one of us is unique and holds a whole universe within ourselves.
You could never put Paulo Coelho in a conventional box of popular fiction. While he's widely read, Paulo Coelho is way above the likes of popular story tellers (like.. I wouldn't name anyone here.. as I feel what I discuss here transcends all strata of story telling..)
The invisible thread that binds all Paulo Coelho works is mostly spirituality, inner light, the introspection or self search and the journey each one of us takes.. It tells us to leave logic and reasoning out, as life all about the experience and only about the experience.
In his latest novel 'The winner stands alone', Paulo Coelho tries to combine the world of glamour and power and money which rules the scene of today's life and popular fiction with the mystical inner self.. It definitely is a transgression from the Paulo Coelho mould.. but in no way is less important..
If you talk about not being mediocre and stereotyped in life, why not try the same philosophy in your own writing as well.. Paulo Coelho refuse to be stereotyped, when he ventures into a totally different world and try his hand in pulp fiction.. Even then the essence of a Paulo Coelho story is retained in all its glory! and that's the beauty of it!!
Shaaji Ramachandran
1 comment:
Skilfully you made a synthesis of the characteristics of Paulo Coelho's writings.
When I read The Alchemist I was surprised by the lightness of his style.
I also was enchanted by the philosophic contents, this inner light shinning through each of his pages.
Reading Paulo Coelho is a discovering I owe to you and this I shall registrer here. Thank you.
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