http://www.paulocoelho.com.br/engl/index.html
"To date, Coelho has sold a total of 85 million copies and, according to the magazine Publishing Trends; he was the most sold author in the world in 2003 with his book Eleven Minutes – even though at the time it hadn’t been released in the United States, Japan or 10 other countries!
Also according to Publishing Trends, The Alchemist was to be found in the 6th place of world sales in 2003. Eleven Minutes topped all lists in the world, except for England, where it was in second place. The Zahir, published in 2005, was in third place of bestsellers according to Publishing Trends, after Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons.
The Alchemist was one of the most important literary phenomena of the 20th century. It reaches the first place in bestselling lists in 18 countries, and so far has sold 30 million copies.
The book has been praised by different personalities ranging from the Nobel Prize Kenzaburo Oe to the singer Madonna, who considers it one of her favourite books. It has equally inspired many projects – such as a musical in Japan, theatre plays in France, Belgium, USA, Turkey, Italy, Switzerland. It is also the theme of two symphonies (Italy and USA) and had its text illustrated by the famous French artist Moebius (author of the sceneries for he Fifth Element and Alien).
His work has been translated in 65 languages and edited in more than 150 countries."
2 comments:
Oooo, I bought one yesterday at B&N and I don't think it's one you have! His name caught my eye as I was browsing and I thought, "Hey, that's the guy Nat was talking about." So I got it...The Devil and Miss Prym. I'm very intrigued to read something of his after your hype. ;)
Nope, haven't read that one yet, so please let me know what you think! I think I'll pick up "Eleven Minutes" next. It's his book 'o sex, and I have to admit I'm intruiged to see how he correlates that with a spiritual journey.
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