Description
In his novel “By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept,” Paulo Coelho resumes his personal journey to explore the depths of the human psyche, delving into the contradictions of a being constantly confronted with crucial personal choices regarding their individual destiny. It is a journey of self-discovery, a search for hidden truths, and an examination of the emotions that perpetually render us vulnerable to the vicissitudes of tranquility and anxiety, happiness and misery, certainty and bewilderment.
Pilar believed she was happy, having fortified herself against life, hope, and love. But fate intervened, and she encountered a childhood friend; he revealed to possess the gift of healing and the ability to speak to souls.
When Pilar chose to stay with him for a while, all the questions she thought she had long forgotten resurfaced. And when he confessed his love to her, she began to question the meaning of her previous life, lost and confused. Will she yield to his passion and open her heart to him, or will she continue her hopeless existence? Pilar chooses to always be by his side, as he dedicates all he has and all the abilities he has been blessed with to serving God. But can someone who has dedicated himself to the love of God also have the love of a woman dwell in his heart?
In this novel, Coelho attempts to explore, with profound depth, the apparent contradiction between the different paths individuals may take to fulfill their destinies. For their journey on earth is meaningless if it is devoid of love.
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