Review The Zahir (A Novel by Paulo Coelho)
September 11, 2018
In this moment, Im gonna share a little about the literary work by my favorite author, Paulo Coelho. I have read this book a lot of times because I love it so much, plus I didn't get the point in my first reading lmao. This book entitled The Zahir which published in 2005. Then, what makes me love this book so much?
Well, hi peeps! Welcome.
In
Arabic, zahir means “the present” or “unable to go unnoticed”. It is something
that grabs our thought, mind and spirit and demands our full attention. It is
believed to lead to either Holiness or madness. In this book, the zahir is not
a romantic metaphor — a blind man, a compass, a tiger, or a coin. She is a
woman, an idea of a woman, and a longing.
Have
you imagined about a person who you have found after failed in your some
relationships before? person who supported you to reach some success, person
who supported you when he felt frustrate in work and face the world, and a
person who knowing you more than yourself left you alone, without any reason?
That’s what happened in this book.
The
story revolves around the narrator-a bestselling novelist's search for his
missing wife, Esther. He enjoys all the privileges that money and
celebrity-hood bring. He is suspected of foul play by the authorities and the
press of having a role to play in the inexplicable disappearance of his wife
from their Paris home.
Thereby,
the protagonist is forced to re-examine his own life and marriage as well. The
main character is unable to figure out what led to Esther's disappearance. Is
she abducted or has she abandoned their marriage? Day turns into month, He
is fighting with the shadow of presence of Esther, his wife, in his life.
Over
time Esther becomes his zahir; he writes a book about love and for a while the
zahir faded. Then, he meets the man he believes she has left with and the zahir
reappeared. Mikhail.
They
meet and make an agreement. Mikhail promises to take him to her. But, Mikhail,
a young man who works with unhappily married couples, has his own spiritual
perspective on love. As the result, the narrator realizes that to find Esther,
he must find his own self.
Mikhail
introduces him to a tribe who has unconventional ways of living. Through the
narrator's journey from Paris to Kazakhstan, Coelho explores various meanings
of love and life. It will stir in you a passion to be more than you think you
can be, and, to give more, and love more purely. Follow a man who goes in
search of an estranged wife, only to find himself.
There
are some interesting insights here on obsessive love, the emptiness of
celebrity-status success, and the courage needed to square off against the
mysteries and rewards of letting go of ego and stepping into the dark
unknown.***
So, in my opinion, this is a wonderful story about becoming, and
remembering who you were meant to be, not who you settled into.
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