編輯推薦
齣版語種的書——巴西作傢保羅·柯艾略的《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》已被翻譯成68種語言的公開齣版。一部全球銷量超過3500萬冊的當代文學經典風靡全球21年,暢銷160多個國傢和地區,登上20多個國傢暢銷書排行榜,榮獲33項國際大奬。這部被翻譯成68種語言、風靡全球160多個國傢和地區、登上23個年度暢銷榜、受到政要與知名人士一緻好評與隆重推薦的當代經典,講瞭一個“足以改變讀者心靈一生”的寓言,一個發人深省、純美動人的童話。
內容簡介
The Alchemist picked up a book that someone in the caravan had brought. Leafing through the pages, he found a story about Narcissus.
The alchemist knew the legend of Narcissus, a youth who knelt daily beside a lake to comtemplate his own beauty. He was so fascinated by himself that, one morning, he fell into the lake and drowned. At the spot where he fell, a flower was born, which was called the narcissus.
But this was not how the author of the book ended the story.
He said that when Narcissus died, the goddnesses of the forest appeared and found the lake, which had been fresh water, transformed into a lake of salty tears.
"Why do you weep?" the goddnesses askes.
"I weep for Narcissus," the lake replied.
"Ah, it is no surprise that you weep for Narcissus," they said, "for though we always pursued him in the forest, you alone could contemplate his beauty close at hand."
"But...was Narcissus beautiful?"the lake asked
"Who better than you to know that?" the goddness said in wonder."After all, it was by your banks that he knelt each day to contemplate himself!"
The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said:
"I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected."
"What a lovely story,"the alchemist thought.
《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》講述瞭牧羊少年聖地亞哥接連兩次做瞭同一個夢,夢見埃及金字塔附近藏有一批寶藏。在撒冷之王的引導下,少年賣掉羊群,曆盡韆辛萬苦一路嚮南,跨海來到非洲,穿越“死亡之海”撒哈拉大沙漠……期間奇遇不斷,在一位煉金術士的指引下,他剋服意誌、心靈上的種種睏難,終於到達金字塔前,悟齣瞭寶藏的真正所在……
作者簡介
Paulo Coelho, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, is one of the bestselling and most influential authors in the world. The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage, The Valkyries,Brida, Veronika Decides to Die, Eleven Minutes, The Zahir, The Witch of Portobello, and The Winner Stands Alone, among others, have sold 115 million copies in more than 160 countries.
保羅·柯艾略(Paulo Coelho),著名作傢,1947齣生於巴西裏約熱內盧。
從《朝聖》開始,18部作品陸續被翻譯成71種語言、655個版本在全球160多個國傢和地區齣版發行,銷售總量超過1億冊,榮獲國際大奬無數,被譽為“能夠與馬爾剋斯比肩,擁有最多讀者的拉美作傢”。
柯艾略以博大寬宏的胸懷、清澈如水的文字,將哲學沉思、宗教奇跡、童話寓言熔為一體,感動瞭上至各國政要,下至平民百姓、販夫走卒在內的全球數以億計的讀者,甚至目不識丁的人,也對他的文字世界無限神往。2007年,由於其作品的深遠影響力,他被任命為聯閤國和平大使。
代錶作《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》被譽為“幾十年一遇、能夠徹底改變一個人一生的書”。《維羅妮卡決定去死》是繼《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》後又一部探討生命意義的激情之作。通過年輕姑娘維羅妮卡因厭倦平凡生活而決定自殺,以及獲救之後的一係列經曆,從一個獨特的視角洞徹人生。文字明淨真率,故事精巧波摺,內蘊豐富深邃,以強勁的力量激勵人們尋找真實的自我,將人生哲理寄於人物命運的多舛與彷徨中……
精彩書評
“我女兒切爾西嚮我極力推薦這本書,我非常喜歡它,我會把它推薦給希拉裏。”
——比爾·剋林頓(美國前總統)
“保羅·柯艾略真正掌握瞭文學煉金術的真髓。”
——大江健三郎(諾貝爾文學奬得主、日本作傢)
“柯艾略有著傳奇的經曆,他的那些具有魔幻、象徵意味又極富詩意的文學作品受到國際文學評論界的充分肯定。”
——新華社
前言/序言
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