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Set in Paris and the enchanting landscape of central Asia, this new novel by Paulo Coelho follows the journey of a man obsessed with finding the wife who left him without an explanation. The narrator, a bestselling novelist, is faced with a series of questions about his wife, Esther, a war correspondent who is missing along with her friend Mikhail. As the narrator searches for answers, he discovers something unexpected about himself and embarks on a haunting and redemptive story about the power of love to fulfill or destroy dreams.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Psychological Fiction/Psychological Drama
Authors: Paulo Coelho
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