Why is it that we destroy the things we love most? This is the question Paulo Coelho faces in this touching story about his confrontation with his past. In The Valkyries, a man and a woman, motivated by a spiritual search, travel toward the arid and supposedly empty Mojave desert. Throughout forty days, surrounded by doubt and temptation, they will meet their most intimate conflicts.
A masterful blend of the exotic locales, dramatic adventure, and stark storytelling for which Coelho’s fictional works are renowned, this true-life odyssey is at once a modern-day adventure story and a poignant message about letting go of the past and believing in the future.
YEAR OF PUBLICATION:
1992
PAGES:
216
RIGHTS SOLD:
28 languages
“A thought–provoking book that even hurts sometimes.
The Valkyries is a deep and intimate guide for relationships.”
- Cosmopolitan
“In order to relate the events that took place, I had to reveal details from my personal life–my marriage, my relationships with others, and the fragile distance that separates the magical Tradition to which I belong from the person I am. As is true for any human being, exposing my weaknesses and my private life is not easy.”
- Paulo Coelho
With the strength or our love and our will we can change our destiny as well as the destiny of many others.
We are not alone.
The world is changing, and we are a part of the
transformation.
