Aleph

By: Paulo Coelho

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

Transform your life. Rewrite your destiny.

In his most personal novel to date, internationally best-selling author Paulo Coelho returns with a remarkable journey of self-discovery. Like the main character in his much-beloved The Alchemist, Paulo is facing a grave crisis of faith. As he seeks a path of spiritual renewal and growth, he decides to begin again: to travel, to experiment, to reconnect with people and the landscapes around him.

Setting off to Africa, and then to Europe and Asia via the Trans-Siberian Railway, he initiates a journey to revitalize his energy and passion. Even so, he never expects to meet Hilal. A gifted young violinist, she is the woman Paulo loved five hundred years before - and the woman he betrayed in an act of cowardice so far-reaching that it prevents him from finding real happiness in this life. Together they will initiate a mystical voyage through time and space, traveling a path that teaches love, forgiveness, and the courage to overcome life’s inevitable challenges. Beautiful and inspiring, Aleph invites us to consider the meaning of our own personal journeys: Are we where we want to be, doing what we want to do?

Some books are read. Aleph is lived.

©2011 Paulo Coehlo (P)2011 Random House Audio

Paulo is the alchemist on this journey

Perfect. We are on a train in this listen. We are with The Divine. Stunning!

Exquisite

If you could sum up Aleph in three words, what would they be?

Amazing, beautiful, surprising

Who was your favorite character and why?

Hilal because she is young and perseverant for her love no matter what

Which character – as performed by Mark Bramhall – was your favorite?

Paulo Coelho

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes that's for sure

Any additional comments?

No

A Must

Just an overwhelming adventure that you are taken along and grow, ( love& forgiveness ;)

Avid Paulo Fan

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I didn't really feel like the ending came together in the perfectly cohesive way that I am used to Coelho's books closing. I was a left a little wanting.

What other book might you compare Aleph to and why?

Instinctively, I thought of The Alchemist's starting and ending in the same place as similar to the storyline of this book, but I think in terms of content, Coelho's novels tend to stand out as particularly unique overall.

Any additional comments?

As far as Coelho's books go, I found this one to be a bit lacklustre. There were some parts that I still found significant, but overall I found that I was trying to reach and stretch too far to try and connect dots to build significance where I found the story itself lacked. Not my favourite Coelho book, but still okay.

I ❤️ loved 💕

I loved how she was narrating the stories and how to love from him to her like a river and from her, how to love like music, describes the different ways of loving and the different advice in each of the stories that he was narrating during the book, leave a lot of learning, the very delicate voice narrating all of the text. What was leading us to each of his passages of sentimental games in not stop listening to it, I loved it and I'm going for more works by the author.

The Journey...

Aleph is an incredibly moving story, an accounting of a man who is wise and deep enough to know that this is not the only lifetime his soul has encountered. This applies to so many people: seemingly having it all, yet something deep inside aches to be searched and healed. The strong connections we have with people in this lifetime, is often so mysterious, even with applying all that our Ego has to give us. In this spiritual quest, Paulo does it again: he takes us on a very personal and meaningful journey, not just for himself, but for humanity at large. We can have the deepest arousal for another person, and practice love that is untouched by the ravishing ego. Another incredible masterpiece by Paolo Coelho - thank you!

-Rivka Edery

Paolo you're quite the writer

I've enjoyed his other books more, but great read. It gets intense at times but so does most of his other work. Interesting and thought provoking material like all his work.

Love it!

I absolutely loved the book. Russia is my home country and I could relate to all stops of Trans Siberian Railroad and all beautiful places. Love it!!! ❤️❤️❤️

a believer

being one who does not believe in past lives but thoroughly enjoys Paul Coello's's thought process I got many lessons from this book

Fascinating and intriguing

Mark Bramhall does an amazing job
Reading Cohelo’s book. Even at 1.5 speed didn’t skip a bit of emotion and wonder.
Full of magic.