Book description
'Anthology' comes from the Greek word that stands for garlands - a
bouquet of flowers. An anthology then, should be a sort of reminder of
something else, a small token of something much larger. In the case of
flowers, they bring with their fragrance and colorfulness the reminder
of the fields, of a season. Coelho's anthology, therefore, is not only a
collection of texts or poems, but a gift, something arranged according
to his sensitivities, to give to others. The selection of books
presented in this volume have been chosen as if from a vast field of
flowers, stretching infinitely into time's horizon. Coelho's selection
is ordered in to the four elements, symbolizing both our world on all
its directions, and the way we dwell in this world, the way we say it.
In 'Earth' we find writers as diverse as Oscar Wilde and D H Lawrence;
in 'Air' Nelson Mandela and Gabriel Garcia Marques; in 'Fire' Rumi and
Mary Shelley; in 'Water' Hans Christian Anderson and Machiavelli.
Paulo Coelho was born in Brazil and has become one of the most widely
read authors in the world. Especially renowned for
The Alchemist
and Eleven Minutes
, he has sold more than 100 million books worldwide and has been
translated into 66 languages.
