The Zahir

Finally I have finished reading the book The Zahir which wrote by Paulo Coelho. It is a great and influential book that can leave reader a thought provoking. The main theme of the book is Love, but indeed, the message in the book is co-relate to our life.

The story starts from the disappearance of the narrator's wife, who wanna escapes from a marriage that left her unfulfilled. While the narrator trying to reunite with his wife, he recall all the memories between him and his wife, which left him a lot of question and he realize that he has made a lot of common mistake just as any other couple.

Paulo Coelho uses a very beautiful paragraphs to tell the story of how the narrator search for his wife to the Kazakhstan, how he manifest the understanding of love, the power of destiny and a lot more of spirituality.

If you like Coelho's Alchemist, then you will like this book as well. The story line is interesting, the language is beautiful, the theme is inspiring.. and the most important thing is, the book holds so much meaning of love and you will realize what is essential in life and how can we treasure it.


‘Suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we want to be loved, and not in the way that love should manifest itself - free and untrammelled, guiding us with its force and driving us on.'