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出版语种的书——巴西作家保罗·柯艾略的《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》已被翻译成68种语言的公开出版。一部全球销量超过3500万册的当代文学经典风靡全球21年,畅销160多个国家和地区,登上20多个国家畅销书排行榜,荣获33项国际大奖。这部被翻译成68种语言、风靡全球160多个国家和地区、登上23个年度畅销榜、受到政要与知名人士一致好评与隆重推荐的当代经典,讲了一个“足以改变读者心灵一生”的寓言,一个发人深省、纯美动人的童话。
内容简介
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》讲述了牧羊少年圣地亚哥接连两次做了同一个梦,梦见埃及金字塔附近藏有一批宝藏。在撒冷之王的引导下,少年卖掉羊群,历尽千辛万苦一路向南,跨海来到非洲,穿越“死亡之海”撒哈拉大沙漠……期间奇遇不断,在一位炼金术士的指引下,他克服意志、心灵上的种种困难,终于到达金字塔前,悟出了宝藏的真正所在……
作者简介
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.
保罗·柯艾略(Paulo Coelho),著名作家,1947出生于巴西里约热内卢。
从《朝圣》开始,18部作品陆续被翻译成71种语言、655个版本在全球160多个国家和地区出版发行,销售总量超过1亿册,荣获国际大奖无数,被誉为“能够与马尔克斯比肩,拥有最多读者的拉美作家”。
柯艾略以博大宽宏的胸怀、清澈如水的文字,将哲学沉思、宗教奇迹、童话寓言熔为一体,感动了上至各国政要,下至平民百姓、贩夫走卒在内的全球数以亿计的读者,甚至目不识丁的人,也对他的文字世界无限神往。2007年,由于其作品的深远影响力,他被任命为联合国和平大使。
代表作《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》被誉为“几十年一遇、能够彻底改变一个人一生的书”。《维罗妮卡决定去死》是继《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》后又一部探讨生命意义的激情之作。通过年轻姑娘维罗妮卡因厌倦平凡生活而决定自杀,以及获救之后的一系列经历,从一个独特的视角洞彻人生。文字明净真率,故事精巧波折,内蕴丰富深邃,以强劲的力量激励人们寻找真实的自我,将人生哲理寄于人物命运的多舛与彷徨中……
精彩书评
“我女儿切尔西向我极力推荐这本书,我非常喜欢它,我会把它推荐给希拉里。”
——比尔·克林顿(美国前总统)
“保罗·柯艾略真正掌握了文学炼金术的真髓。”
——大江健三郎(诺贝尔文学奖得主、日本作家)
“柯艾略有着传奇的经历,他的那些具有魔幻、象征意味又极富诗意的文学作品受到国际文学评论界的充分肯定。”
——新华社
前言/序言
The Alchemist牧羊少年奇幻之旅/炼金术士 英文原版 [平装] 电子书 下载 mobi epub pdf txt