Ukwazi i-biography eningiliziwe kaPaul Coelho, bafuna ukufakazela ukuthi umbhali akazange adale noma yini entsha, kodwa kuphela abhala kabusha ama-classic ngendlela elula. Kodwa, noma ngabe lokho kungase kube, i-biography yalo mbhali iyathandeka kakhulu. Futhi ukuthi akukhulunywanga, indaba yakhe yokuphila enemininingwane inezikhathi ezifundisayo. Ngakho, i-biography yomlobi yaqala kuphi? Kuyini, umlando oningiliziwe wokuphila kwakhe? Ungubani yena, lo Coelho, onoveli yakhe ehunyushwe ngezilimi ezingamashumi amahlanu nambili emhlabeni. Yini eyenza abafundi be-hook ye-Paulo? Kungani izincwadi zikaCoelho zibhekwa njengehlelo? Kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi namhlanje emhlabeni wathengisa izincwadi eziyizigidi ezingamashumi amathathu nanhlanu uPawulu?
Lo mbhali wazalelwa eRio de Janeiro. Lo mcimbi uvele kude no-1947. Uyise wayengu-engineer, kodwa ngisho nangomntwana, uPaul wayevele ephupha ekubeni umlobi. Ngeshwa, ngaleso sikhathi kuleli zwe besongela ukuhlukunyezwa kwezempi. Khona-ke abaculi ngokucacile babengenanzuzo. Ngokuphambene nalokho, babecatshangwa cishe abaphambene nezidakamizwa. Ngakho-ke, lapho eneminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa uPaul wacabanga ngokujulile ngalokho ayefuna ukukubhala, abazali bakhe bamthuma esibhedlela sengqondo. Ngakho bafuna ukumvikela ekushushisweni kweziphathimandla, mhlawumbe, ukushintsha ingqondo yakhe. Kodwa uPawulu wayengeke aphile njengoba kudingwa yimithetho yaleso sikhathi. Ngakho-ke, washiya esibhedlela waba yilungu. Ngaleso sikhathi, uPaul wayelokhu efunda okuthile, futhi wayengakhathazeki ngokukhethekile ngalokho ayekufunda. Phakathi kwezincwadi ezazithola ezandleni zakhe, kwakunguLenin noBhagavad-gita. Ngemva kwesikhathi, uCoelho unquma ukuvula umagazini wakhe ongaphansi komhlaba futhi uyibize ngokuthi "2001". Kulo magazini, izihloko ezihlukahlukene zabhalwa ezizinikezele ezinkingeni ezihlobene nengokomoya, ukholo nabanye abaningi. Kodwa, uPoul ocebile nodumile akazange abe ngenxa yezihloko zakhe, kodwa ngenxa yezingoma zakhe. Ngaleso sikhathi wayedala imibhalo yezingoma ze-anarchic ezenziwa iBrazil Jim Morrison - Raul Sejas. Kungenxa yokuthi uCoelho udume njengomculi wezingoma, wakwazi ukuqala ukuthola imali evamile futhi aphile njengomuntu. Kodwa, yiqiniso, uPawulu wayengeke ayeke lapho. Waqhubeka ezama ngokwakhe njengomlobi, njengomlobi wezindaba, futhi njengomdlali wezemidlalo. Ngeshwa, umbuso wobudlova usasebenza ezweni lonke. Ngakho-ke, iziphathimandla zanquma ukuthi amavesi kaCoelho angama-apolitical, ngakho-ke, waboshwa futhi wathunyelwa ejele. Lapho wahlushwa futhi waphula intando kaCoelho. Ngakho-ke, unquma ukuthi umzabalazo wakhe awunalutho, futhi udinga ukuba ufanane nawo wonke umuntu, ukuze uphile impilo evamile, futhi ungabhekene neziboshwa. Ngakho-ke, uCoelho ushiya ubuciko futhi uqala ukusebenza kuma-CBS Records. Kodwa, ngolunye usuku, bamane bamshise, ngaphandle kokuchaza noma yikuphi isizathu.
Emva kwalokho, uPaul uphinda futhi unquma ukushintsha okuthile futhi uhambe. Lapho ese-Amsterdam, khona-ke, ngengozi, iwela ohlelweni lamaKatolika, oluye lwaba khona kusukela ngo-1492. Kule ngqungquthela uCoelho eqala ukucabanga ngalokho okuzobe ebhalela njalo ezincwadini zakhe - mayelana nezibonakaliso nezimpawu. Ngokwesiko, esigcinwe ku-oda, uPawuli uyahamba. Uzokwenza uhambo oluhamba emgwaqeni, amakhilomitha angu-80 ubude, bese ufika eSantiago de Compostella. Yilelu hambo oluchazwe encwadini yakhe yokuqala, ebizwa ngokuthi "Ukuhamba ngePilgrimage". Ngokushesha ngemva kwalo, noma kunonyaka, izwe labona incwadi ehlukile kunazo zonke futhi ekhethekile Coelho - "Alchemist". Le ncwadi yayingenangqondo, okukhulunywe ngayo ngisho nakuGuinness Book of Records. Kuyafaneleka ukuthi amanye amakhophi e-Alchemist athengiswe emhlabeni kunanoma iyiphi enye incwadi ngesiPutukezi.
"I-Alchemist" yanyatheliswa emazweni amaningi, iyajabulisa abantu futhi ibapha ithemba. Ubuntu obunjalo obudumile njengoMadonna noJulia Roberts bawuthanda le ncwadi nomlobi owayekwazi ukwakha okulula kangaka, kodwa okhethekile kangaka. Abaningi manje bathi uCoelho uvele abhale kabusha imicabango yabantu ngabanye ngamazwi alula. Kodwa, uma ucabanga kanjalo, isigamu sabakwa-classics sibhale phansi imibono yabanye abantu, ngoba konke abakushoyo sekushiwo kakade ngabafilosofi nabasosayensi basendulo. Kulula nje, incwadi ethi "Alchemist", akuyona nje iqoqo lezinkulumo zefilosofi hhayi indaba ejwayelekile yezinganekwane. Le ncwadi imayelana nemilingo ekhethekile kanye nezibonakaliso ezikhethekile ukuthi ngamunye wethu angabona empilweni futhi akholelwe kuzo, kodwa akusiwo wonke umuntu othandayo, akucabange ukuthi uyisiphukuphuku futhi ayikho. Yiqiniso, le ncwadi akuyona eyinkimbinkimbi yefilosofi. Kodwa, ngenxa yobumnandi bayo, ngenxa yethemba elibonakalayo kuwo wonke umzila, abantu, uma belifunda, musa nje ukubheka emigqeni. Baqala ukukholelwa okungcono kakhulu, ngokuthi bangakwazi ukuguqula izimpilo zabo ngokuzimela futhi benze okuthile okwenzekayo nxazonke.
Ngemuva kokuthi "i-Alchemist" Coelho yanyathelisa izincwadi eziningi ezithakazelisayo ezifundisa abantu ukuthi bangahlala kanjani kuleli zwe nokuthi bahlale kanjani. Ngo-1999, uCoelho wathola i-Crystal Award ehloniphekile. Wafanelwe ukuhlonishwa okunjalo, ngoba wayekwazi ukuhlanganisa abantu abahlukene kakhulu namasiko ahlukene ngamandla egama, amandla ezincwadi zakhe. Izincwadi ezinjengo- "Veronica enquma ukufa", "Amaminithi ayishumi nanye", "uDeveli noSenorita prim" bahlukile, ngobuhle babo. Abaningi ababafunde bahlatshwa umxhwele yizindaba uNoelho etshela abafundi bakhe.
Kuze kube manje, uCoelho uye wahola amakholomu amaningi emaphephandabeni ahlukahlukene avela emazweni ahlukene, ahlale ethandwa ngabafundi. Futhi wabhala izinhlobonhlobo eziningi zezincwadi ezihlukahlukene ezinamandla. Ukukhumbula ukuthi uma esenqume ukuyeka ukubhala, uPaul uyithatha ifilosofi. Ngemuva kwalokho, uma kungaboshwa, uma kungasetshenzisiwe, mhlawumbe wayengasoze afika e-Amsterdam futhi angaqondi incazelo yemilingo nezimpawu. Futhi kwakuzodala izincwadi ezijwayelekile, hhayi lezo ezithonya ngempela abantu futhi zishintshe izifiso.