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The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho
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The Fifth Mountain (1998)

by Paulo Coelho

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Good book. Engaging story. Insightful in the way that fables and parables can be. ( )
  lucthegreat | Jul 21, 2012 |
Thought provoking with respect to reflection and progress regarding the experiences of Elijah.
  goneal | Sep 5, 2011 |
The biblical Elija with all his human frailties and inner turmoils develops strength and faith, conquering more than most of us have to deal with in life (control, love, death, genocide). Living through Elija's eyes and thoughts bring inspiration to any on the path to personal and spiritual unfoldment.
  dsioux | Aug 8, 2011 |
"Para personas que buscan respuestas de la vida" ese fue el comentario acerca de este libro que dio una imbécil que tengo por catédratica, insisto en que este autor y sus obras tienen mas un valor comercial que literario, ya que sus obras no comprenden un trabajo arduo ni elaborado, sino muy sencillo y sin mucho chiste. Ojala y ya paren en la U con que nos atoremos cualquier pendejada que ellos llamen "Literatura" ( )
  mesalina | Aug 11, 2010 |
Okay, I'll be honest with you. I don't really know the biblical story of Elijah. Like, at all. But, I had read and appreciatedThe Alchemist, biblical fiction is right up my alley, even if I don't know the basis, and I had picked this book up twice now (once on the $2 clearance shelf, and once at Book Bums - a coffee shop/lending library in Olde West Chester), so I figured it was time to read it.

And, wow.

Maybe once a year, I find a book that hits all the right chords of prose. Once every couple of years, I finish a book, close it, and hold it to my chest, hoping a bit more of the seamless goodness will make its way to my heart through osmosis.

No, this is not a book for all audiences, but it is one that I would have trouble NOT recommending to someone. Even if you are not a believer in one higher power (be it a trinity or a solo figure), this is a book that helps to define what it is that makes a human being a great one: the ability to challenge himself and the powers acting in his life; the ability to learn to love and to lose; the ability to set your own goals, even when no success has come your way in quite sometime.

So many have deemed The Alchemist a life-changing novel. This is Coelho's masterpiece for me... at least of the ones I've read so far, and I will certainly be looking to complete my collection. ( )
  HippieLunatic | Jan 20, 2010 |
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Janssen, PietTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.  But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Zarephath, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.  -- Luke 4:24-26
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At the beginning of the year 870 B.C., a nation known as Phoenicia, which the Israelites called Lebanon, had marked almost three centuries of peace.
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Er zijn momenten in ons k-ven waarop de wereld zich legen ons lijkt te keren. De confrontatie met het onvermijdelijke lokt uiteenlopende reacties uit. Sommige mensen raken ervan buiten /innen, anderen worden sterker, maar de verstandigsten leren ervan. De Vijfde Berg is een roman over hel onvermijdelijke, maar ook over doorzettingsvermogen en hoop.
Paulo Coelho heeft zich laten inspireren door het bijbelse verhaal over de beproevingen van Elia. In hoeverre kan een mens zijn eigen lot bepalen? Op deze vraag zal elke lezer zijn eigen antwoord vinden.
De Braziliaan Paulo Coelho 11947) is na Gabriel tlarcia Marquez de meest gelezen schrijver van Lat Ïjns-Amerika. Wereldwijd zijn er meer dan tien miljoen exemplaren an zijn boeken verkocht.
Paulo Coelho kent het geheim va n de literaire alchemie. - KLNZABURO o r. Een boeiend bock [...} een poging om [...] het gedachtegoed vait hè! Oude Testament te herijken opeen manier die ook voor niet-gelovigen te verteren is, - H P, n t. i il u
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With The Fifth Mountain, Paulo Coelho turns his talent for spiritual fiction to the story of the Biblical prophet Elijah. Like a blossoming flower, Coelho opens up the brief account of Elijah's flight from Gilead and his time in Zarephath. He deepens the prophet's character by revealing the thoughts, doubts, and discoveries that Elijah must have experienced as he struggled to find his course in life amidst the confusion of war and political turmoil. When being a prophet of the God of the Israelites is like a warrant for your death, concerns about your chosen path are sure to arise. Perhaps it is this believability in Coelho's retelling that makes it so evocative, or it may be the bit of Old Testament wisdom he brings to popular literature of the 20th century: "the words of the lord are written in the world around us. Merely be attentive to what happens in your life, and you will discover where."

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Elijah, a biblical prophet in the Middle East during the ninth century B.C., confronts the pagan princess Jezebel and finds love in the strange land of Zarephath with a young widow, only to have his new-found happiness shattered by tragedy.

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