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The Valkyries: An Encounter with Angels (original 1992; edition 1999)

by Paulo Coelho

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"In this autobiographical tale, we follow Coelho and his wife Chris on a 40-day spiritual journey through the Mojave Desert in search of the eternal feminine. Translation has an uncertain feel and suffers from too much editing, pruning, and rearranging of the original as well as occasional misreading"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.… (more)

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Title:	The Valkyries: An Encounter with Angels
Authors:	Paulo Coelho
Info:	HarperCollins (1999), Paperback
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Easy read, with heavy subject. Trust, love. That’s all (

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vdt_melbourne | Jun 1, 2023 |

I love this book. The story just what I needed today. (

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JRobinW | Jan 20, 2023 |

Was there a story here? If there was then I missed it. The plot is extremely lacking or (at best) very difficult to decern. The conversations are boring as the characters jabber on about nothing consequential. I'm being generous in giving it even 1 star. Ugh, just not a good book. (

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SumisBooks | Apr 5, 2018 |

"... But true seekers know that, regardless of our faults and defects, the spiritual path is stronger. God is love, generosity, and forgiveness; if we believe in this, we will never allow our weaknesses to paralyze us."

This book is essentially about Angels.

Just one of those books I was "led" to read... I just thought to check the stacks... Under Coelho. Eventhough I had half a dozen other books on my currently-reading pile.

Well well. (

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kephradyx | Jun 20, 2017 |

It was hard to get started but true to the Author's mission of spreading wisdom this book really made me think. (

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Cshantay | Dec 4, 2015 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Paulo Coelho	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Clarke, Alan R.	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

▾Series and work relationships

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The Valkyries; The Fifth Mountain; Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho

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Dublin Literary Award (Longlist – 1997)

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The Valkyries

Original title

As Valkírias

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1992

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Epigraph

And an angel descended
where they were
and the glory of the Lord
shone all about them.
Luke 2:9

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"Something that is of great importance to me?" J. thought for a few moments before responding. "Magic."

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Portuguese

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"In this autobiographical tale, we follow Coelho and his wife Chris on a 40-day spiritual journey through the Mojave Desert in search of the eternal feminine. Translation has an uncertain feel and suffers from too much editing, pruning, and rearranging of the original as well as occasional misreading"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

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