A Manuscript Found in Accra

Description

A manuscript on papyrus, discovered by chance, its scattered pages sold, and finally painstakingly reassembled decades later, revealed its profound implications and its exploration of major concepts. It was subsequently subjected to attempts at destruction, concealment, and erasure. How did it end up in Paulo Coelho’s hands? Did he reproduce its entirety? Did he extract its most important, provocative, and controversial elements? Did he summarize existential struggles and doctrinal disputes through it, or did he offer an accounting of the pronouncements of religions and religious figures? Or did he, seemingly unintentionally, delve into profound concepts of destiny, fate, human relationships, isolation, sexuality, and enmity? Perhaps he did all of this in a tightly woven narrative, keeping his involvement and influence within it shrouded in secrecy. Perhaps he employed symbolism to subtly infiltrate our reality and discuss our experiences while claiming to be writing about events from over a thousand years ago. Coelho is a novelist who can never be caught red-handed.