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Ana Belén Costas

    The Zahir
    The Valkyries
    The witch of Portobello
    Arroz de Palma
    • Arroz de Palma

      • 366 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      Había una vez un arroz que fue plantado en la tierra, caído del cielo y recogido de entre las piedras, un arroz que no se pasaba nunca que llegó de lejos de la mano de tres jóvenes llenos de ilusiones y sueños… "Arroz de Palma" es la historia de una familia, la de José Custódio y Maria Romana, emigrantes en Brasil a principios del siglo XX. Durante la preparación de la fiesta para celebrar el centenario de la boda de José y Maria, su hijo mayor, Antonio, ya un abuelo, repasa las vidas de sus padres, de su tía, de sus hermanos, de sus hijos y nietos y, por supuesto, la suya. Antonio sabe que la familia es un plato de compleja elaboración y que la felicidad se cocina día a día. Pero ellos tienen un ingrediente secreto: el arroz de la tía Palma, cuya magia se extiende más allá del fuego y del tiempo.

      Arroz de Palma2013
      3.9
    • The witch of Portobello

      • 346 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      From one of the world's best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho, comes a riveting novel tracing the mysterious life and disappearance of Athena dubbed 'the Witch of Portobello'. This is the story of Athena, or Sherine, to give her the name she was baptised with. Her life is pieced together through a series of recorded interviews with those people who knew her well or hardly at all - parents, colleagues, teachers, friends, acquaintances, her ex-husband. The novel unravels Athena's mysterious beginnings, via an orphanage in Romania, to a childhood in Beirut. When war breaks out, her adoptive family move with her to London, where a dramatic turn of events occurs... Athena, who has been dubbed 'the Witch of Portobello' for her seeming powers of prophecy, disappears dramatically, leaving those who knew her to solve the mystery of her life and abrupt departure. Like The Alchemist, The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love, passion, joy and sacrifice.

      The witch of Portobello2006
      3.6
    • The Zahir

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      The Zahir', Paulo Coelho's new novel available in paperback for the first time, incorporates exclusive new content including an extra section containing interviews with Paulo and plenty of information for those for whom the book just wasn't enough.

      The Zahir2005
      3.6
    • This is a modern-day adventure story featuring Paulo's supernatural encounter with angels - who appear as warrior women and travel through the Mojave desert on their motorbikes.

      The Valkyries2001
      3.4