![]() In Amsterdam he meets Karla, a girl seeking someone to go to Nepal with her, not as a lover but as a companion. He tells this largely autobiographical story of the trip in a lyrical and alluring style. In Amsterdam, Paulo is encouraged by others to join the ‘Magic Bus’ going to the international hippie mecca of Kathmandu. Publisher: Knopfįormats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Kindle ![]() They sought adventure, free love, good food, drugs (to various degrees), exotic spiritual experiences, and most of all, escape from a materialistic, politically convoluted world, to live a revolutionary new life at odds with their upbringing. They were known for their strange and colorful dress, and a propensity to sing and dance. ![]() “Perhaps it meant ‘a larger tribe without a leader’ or ‘delinquents who don’t steal’, or… other descriptions.” “No one knew exactly what the word ‘hippie’ meant, and it didn’t much matter,” Paulo tells us. Paulo’s writings are always heralded as major publishing events and are widely read, though sometimes with mixed reviews.Ĭoelho’s Hippie is a story about a group of young people who set out from Amsterdam to Kathmandu during the 1960s counterculture revolution. His most popular titles include The Alchemist, Pilgrimage, Adultery, and a novel entitled Spy. Paulo Coelho, the internationally popular Brazilian writer, has published 18 books to date ― fiction, non-fiction, and occasionally a mix of both. ![]()
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