Anyone heard of Paulo Coehlo?

[rockart9]

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here's a funny fact about the author...http://skirmishes.blogspot.com/2006/...amed-nyah.html

The book in question was Eleven Minutes. It was insufferable, as usual, save for one little funny detail: there's a cameo of a Filipina prostitute in Geneva, who Mr. Coelho, in his wonderful wisdom, gave the heart-stopping name of "Nyah."

Nyah. Genius. That just made me stop and think and kick the neighbor’s dog. I’ve never met anybody with a name like that. My little theory is that Coelho probably was browsing around and found Nyoy Volante’s website. He probably thought “Nyoy” would be a cool Filipino name, except that he needed something for a woman. No problem, he thought, just feminize it. Make “Nyoy” into “Nya.”

But wait. Nya lacked something. Coelho researched some more, until very reliable online sources enlightened him on the Filipino habit of putting “H” into their pet names, in which “Roger” magically becomes “Rhogher”, “Pitoy” becomes “Phithoy”, and “Joe Bert” becomes “Jhoe Bhert.”

[nemmo723]

Ive read Sophies World, its really worth it. When i started reading it, I could never put it down. try it.

yupyup!! nahan pud au ko anang sophie's world.. first taym nko na nabasa, dugay kaayo ko natulog kay gusto tiwason dayon.. very entertaining yet educating and informative man gud pud iyang style.. :mrgreen:

[sassy_jihye]

i've read veronika decides to die, by the river piedra and the alchemist.. they're really nice
now, i'm reading "the valkyries"... it's nice too... his novels are kinda psychological..

[Haze]

luv ds author...i've read alchemist, veronika decides to die, eleven minutes...

[sushikandi]

I have 11 minutes. Its very graphic

[spongebob00]

just curious, what is alchemist all about? because my friend loves it so much..

[sheilaversoza]

love paulo! ive read most of his books - the alchemist, veronika decides to die, by the river piedra i sat down and wept, the zahir, eleven minutes, etc. my fave's veronika decides to die.

the alchemist is about believing in your dreams, char2. nice book. very inspirational.
there's this line there that i like.. "if you want something really bad, the universe conspires for you to have it.

nice sad ang eleven minutes. its about love and ***.

[kolehiyala]

ive read most of paolo's books. (oh, first name basis pa) hehe
i havent read the pilgrimage, the devil and miss prym and zahir. but im getting those soon.
go paolo!

here's some of my fave lines from his books.

"Although my aim is to understand love, and although I suffer to think of the people to whom I gave my heart, I see that those who touched my heart failed to arouse my body, and those who aroused my body failed to touch my heart..." = maria, 11 minutes

"Forgiving is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering." = by the river piedra, i sat down and wept

[princesa_sa_isla]

I' ve read several of his books, and my favorites were veronica decides to die and 11 minutes.
very interesting plot and so full of wisdom. I love quoting lines from his book.

[IceDragon]

the alchemist pa gyud and akong nabasahan by: PC