في البدايه تجد المقدمه العربيه بقلم باولو كويلو تتحدث عن احد القصصه الموروثه بالعلم الصوفي

والروايه كلها تتحدث عن نفس فكره التصوف
الا وهو حب الاله
بطريقه مسيحيه
حب المسيح وحب مريم العذراء

نسير معا مع بيلار وصديق طفولتها الى رحله البحث عن الذات , واعاده ايمانهما
لضحض التناقضات واختبار مشاعرهما

المساله هنا مساله الدروب المختلفه التي يسلكها الفرد لتحديد مصيره

هل سعينا بالارض مجدا اما لا؟
هل نحن سعداء فيه ام لا؟
هل هناك شيئا ندمنا عليه ام لا؟

اسئله ينسى الانسان ان يطرحها على نفسه في مسيرته

B E A U T I F U L is the appropriate word to describe this novel. ;)
A Novel of Forgiveness and Self-Discovery -- what else could you possibly wish for? :p

The story could more easily be described as a story of love, as it strives to show that “true love is an act of total surrender”. At a deeper level, Paulo Coelho also gives the message that there are no rules when it comes to love. :D

The novel also shows how "TRUE-TO-LIFE-SITUATION" of love is ridiculously connected to fairy tales (as quoted from the book):
There's nothing deeper than love. In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the princesses kiss princes, and the princes turn into frogs.
LOL,if I will put this into simpler words, it would be:
There's nothing deeper than MARRIAGE. In fairy tales, when princesses and princes get married, the princes turn into kings but in real life situation, when a man marries a woman, the man will be legally "named" as the husband and get fed up with the married life which (most likely -__-) he got himself with and sooner or later they will turn into FROGS -- JERKS. And the man and woman who were madly in love before would ask for legal help and go for a divorce.

I am absolutely NOT AGAINST marriage, but sadly, divorce has been a recent routine for most of the disrupted couples in the world.
DIVORCE or ANNULMENT have always been an issue and ironically, a solution for an unwanted marriage :(

Lastly, I think the novel calls the attention of all the men, soon-to-be-husbands and BOYFRIENDS in the world. It covertly and indirectly teaches all men to believe in women and to stop discriminating women's effort and strength. (As quoted again from the book):
He thinks I'm weak, cowardly, unable to fight for what I want. Even without a kiss, the princess is transformed into a frog.


@.@

ooooooh~ Before I end my review, I will (again) quote a passage from the book (which I loved <3 hihi):
"Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering."

2.5 stars *

The novel is about the struggle between who we are and who we want to be , surrendering and making concessions to ourselves and the people we love .

I'm a Muslim and we believe that God has no son wife or feminine face, though i enjoy roaming in the thoughts of other people religions, thus this novel has much much details :D
any way i liked the second idea of the novel of crossing the boundaries that we put to ourselves and let the "other" voice inside as control our lives and decisions life is too short , opportunity is given only once .
But i get bored at some points , the idea of novel is really nice but it needed some-things more .

parts i liked most :


We do not recognize that God is wherever we allow Him/Her to enter*


True love is an act of total surrender.*

The wise are wise only because they love. And the foolish are foolish only
because they think they can understand love,"*

Anyone who can conquer her heart can conquer the world.*

Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows*


The universe always helps us fight for our dreams, no matter how foolish they may be *

I feel like a spiritual leader! The one thing which hit really hard was the protagonist realising how much time she had wasted stuck in a single place and I couldn't agree more.

Μέχρι να το τελειώσω, κι εγώ έκλαψα. Όχι απ' τη συγκίνηση αλλά από ψυχαναγκασμό. Όμως ήμουν μικρός κι είχα ακόμα ηθικές αρχές, μία εκ των οποίων ήταν να μην αφήνω βιβλία ημιτελή. Κι επειδή είχα ήδη πατήσει τον όρκο μου με βιβλίο του ιδίου που άφησα στη μέση, έσφιξα τα δόντια και το τελείωσα. Μέγα σφάλμα.
Όταν ένα βιβλίο δε σε συνεπαίρνει από τις πρώτες σελίδες, δεν πρόκειται να βελτιωθεί με κάποιο μαγικό τρόπο λίγο πριν το τέλος όσο κι αν συνωμοτήσει το σύμπαν (ή το Chivas).

“If pain must come, may it come quickly. Because I have a life to live, and I need to live it in the best way possible. If he has to make a choice, may he make it now. Then I will either wait for him or forget him.”
― Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept