The best archer of the country, Tetsuya, now living as a modest carpenter in a village, is challenged by another archer from distant lands… Tetsuya accepts this challenge, and teaches the foreign archer as well as a local boy about the philosophy of archery.
In The Archer, Paulo Coelho illustrates tenets that corresponds not only to archery, but to all aspects of life, it is a compilation of principles that leads to many virtues.
Olympic archers such as Mete Gazoz, Marcus D’Almeida, and Alejandra Valencia have recommended the book.
YEAR OF PUBLICATION:
2003
PAGES:
96
RIGHTS SOLD:
43 languages
“When I asked an acquaintance with a strong kendo to read this book, I said, “I should have read it before I did kendo,” so I think it’s also a content that sticks to those who are doing martial arts and sports. Please read it by all means.”
- Eiji Doi, Business Book Marathon
“I like this book very much because I feel differently every time I read it, which is a characteristic of a book called a masterpiece. Moreover, it is easy to read. If you are at a turning point in your life, or if you want to reflect on what is important to you, please pick up this book and read it.”
- Yuiga Kitano, Kadobun
Each arrow flies differently.
You can shoot a thousand arrows and each one will follow a different trajectory: that is the way of the bow.
A man’s intention should be perfect, straight, sharp, firm, precise. No one can stop it as it crosses the space separating it from its destiny.
