The Valkyries
Short description/annotation:
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.
Description:
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.
Haunted by a devastating curse, Paulo is instructed by his mysterious spiritual master to embark upon a journey – to find and speak to his guardian angel in an attempt to confront and overcome his dark past. The Valkyries is a compelling account of this forty day quest into the searing heat of the Mojave Desert, where Paulo and his wife, Chris, encounter the Valkyries – warrior women who travel the desert on motorcycles, spreading the word of angels.
This exotic spiritual odyssey is a rare combination of truth, myth, imagination and inspiration. Ultimately it is a story about being able to forgive our past and believe in our future.
Review quote:
‘Coelho’s writing is beautifully poetic but his message is what counts… he gives me hope and puts a smile on my face.’
DAILY EXPRESS
‘One of the few to deserve the term
“publishing phenomenon”’
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
‘His books have had a life-enhancing impact on millions of people.’
THE TIMES
Biographical note:
Paulo Coelho is the author of The Alchemist, he was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Being the author of 30 books that have sold over 320 million copies in 170 countries, he has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today. Paulo Coelho has been a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 2007 and this has allowed him to continue to promote intercultural dialogue and to focus on the needs of children. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters and the recipient of over 115 awards and honours, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Grinzane Cavour Book Award and the Chevalier de l''Ordre National de la Légion d''Honneur, to name a few.
Other titles include: The Pilgrimage, Brida, The Valkyries, The Fifth Mountain, Manual of the Warrior of Light, Veronika Decides to Die, The Devil and Miss Prym, Eleven Minutes, The Zahir, Like the Flowing River, The Witch of Portobello, The Winner Stands Alone, Aleph.
Feature:
• Paulo Coelho is one of the most beloved storytellers of our times. His books have sold more than 320 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 83 languages
• Paulo is the recipient of numerous prestigious international literary awards
• Beautiful new covers to bring in a new audience
Competition: The Little Book of Spells; The Girl of Ink & Stars;The Giver of Stars;The Archer;Hippie;Cold Sunflowers;. Astrid Carvel;Jojo Moyes;Eckhart Tolle;Hermann Hesse;Dale Carnegie;Gabriel Garcia Marquez;Robin Sharma; Don Miguel Ruiz;Kahlil Gibran
| Author | By (author) Coelho Paulo |
|---|---|
| Date Of Publication | Sep 16, 1996 |
| EAN | 9780722533949 |
| Contributors | Coelho Paulo; Clarke Alan R. |
| Publisher | Thorsons |
| Edition | 0 |
| Languages | English |
| Language of Origin | Portuguese |
| Country of Publication | United Kingdom |
| Width | 129 mm |
| Height | 198 mm |
| Thickness | 18 mm |
| Product Forms | Paperback / Softback |
| Availability in Stores | Hamra, Global |
| Weight | 0.200000 |