In a love story lie the mysteries of life.
Rarely does adolescent love reach its full potential, but what happens when two young lovers reunite after eleven years?
Time has transformed Pilar into a strong and independent woman, while her devoted childhood friend has grown into a handsome and charismatic spiritual leader, who seeks a solution to his inner conflicts through religion.
Now they are together once again, embarking on a journey fraught with difficulties, as long-buried demons of blame and resentment resurface. But in a small village in the French Pyrenees, a most special relationship will be re-examined in the dazzling light of some of life’s biggest questions.
By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept forms part of the trilogy “And On the Seventh Day”. The other books in the trilogy are Veronika Decides to Die and The Devil and Miss Prym. Each of the three books is concerned with a week in the life of ordinary people, all of whom find themselves suddenly confronted by love, death, and power.
YEAR OF PUBLICATION:
1994
PAGES:
224
RIGHTS SOLD:
45 languages
“The reconsideration of the feminine, the knowledge of the Other,and the redemption of ourselves are the principal ideas offered by Paulo Coelho in this exceptional novel”
- Laura Esquivel, author of Like Water for Chocolate
“The story of By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept is as beautiful and pure as a biblical parable”
- Cosmopolitan
“This book is about the importance of that surrender. Pilar and her companion represent the many conflicts that beset us in our search for love. Sooner or later, we have to overcome our fears, pains and sufferings, because our path can only be travelled through the daily experience of love.”
- Paulo Coelho
We have to take risks.
We only really understand the miracle of life when we allow the unexpected to happen.
I remember my magic moment, that moment when a “Yes” or a “No” can change our whole existence.