14th book : THE ALEPH

THE ALEPH- PAULO COELHO

The main character in this novel is Paulo itself. Paulo recounts the journey Paulo traveled because he was in crisis over his beliefs. There was a question that made him very upset. he traveled to several countries. In every country he visits, there will be book signing sessions as well as later parties. From the party Paulo was hoping to meet people he had never met, which might help him find the answer he was looking for.


In Russia, he meets Hilal, and Hilal will accompany Paulo's journey. Together with Hilal he tried to go back in time. as It turns out, Paulo was alive hundreds of years ago at the time of the Inquisition in Spain or more precisely in Cordoba. What is Aleph actually? Aleph is a point where anything is in the same time room. When experiencing aleph we will see many things in the time together, Paulo wrote he saw elephants in Africa, camels in the desert, people chatting in bars in Buenos Aires, dogs crossing the street, brush held by women who are completing the painting of roses , snow melts on a mountain in Switzerland, and something else.

This novel is loaded with the meanings of life. Not just a trip note. Paulo cleverly wrapped his travel story into a quality novel. Sometimes we really need to do something unusual, because with it we will learn new and more meaningful things, as that is what Paulo experienced.

Eka Rahmasari

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