Set in Paris and in the enchanting landscape of central Asia, this new novel by the author of the international bestsellers. The Alchemist and Eleven Minutes follows the journey of a man obsessed with finding the wife who left him without an explanation.

The extraordinary new International BestseUer from PAULO COELHO is a haunting andredemptive story about obsession and its potential to both fulfull our dreams and destroy them.

The narrator of The Zahir is a bestselling novelist who lives inFrance and enjoys all the privileges his money and celebritybring. His wife of ten years, Esther, is a war correspondentwho has disappeared along with a friend, Mikhail, who mayor may not be her lover. Was Esther kidnapped, murdered,or did she simply escape a marriage that left her unfulfilled?The narrator doesn't have any answers but he has plenty ofquestions of his own, though he doesn't know where to startlooking for Esther, or if, in fact, he even wants her back.Then, one day, Mikhail finds the abandoned husband andpromises to reunite him with his wife. And in his attempt torecapture a lost love, the narrator will discover somethingunexpected about himself.

I AM A FREE MAN

HAN’S QUESTION

ARIADNE’S THREAD

THE RETURN TO ITHACA