great book

I enjoyed the book but I don't think I can give it more than 3 stars. It's really a simple story simply told but it gives one some things to think about. I have to add that I read the Bible when I was a kid. but I didn't remember the story of Elijah. I don't know how close to the Bible the story is but it is of interest. Israel is in decline following the reign of the great Solomon. In fact, Jezebel, the princess from Phoenicia, is trying to force her religion of Baal-worship on the Israelites. so it's a time of tyranny but also chaotic. Elijah is the prophet who has to deal with the troubles besetting the people of Israel. He will find his faith sorely challenged...
Although I only give this book 3 stars, I would like to read more of Coelho's books.

رواية ضعيفة جدا.. وأفكارها مباشرة بأسلوب ممل.. اما عن تصور الكاتب عن النبي إنه مسير دائما، واي تصرف بوحي وكل إنجاز بمعجزة تساعده على تحقيقه، جعلني أشعر بعدم اهمية بطل الرواية.. كأن تعامله مع المواقف كان نظريا فقط!

.هذه ليست رواية، فأحداثها يمكن تلخيصها في عشر صفحات.. والبقية دروس ووعظ مباشر من الكاتب




:D

.. نجمة واحدة للنص
Quotesالنجمة الثانية للـ :D

لا توجد فرصة أخيرة.. الرب يمنح فرصا متعددة

الألم الذي نشعر به، أنا وأنت، لن يزول أبدا، لكن العمل سيساعدنا على تحمّله

فالخوف يستمر فقط حتى النقطة التي يبدأ عندها وقوع المحظور ، عندئذ يفقد الخوف معناه ، ولا يتبقى لنا سوى الأمل في أن نكون قد اتخذنا القرار الصحيح

This was my second reading of The Fifth Mountain, a rarity in and of itself. I barely have time to read a book once, I don't usually get around to re-reading it. But it had been years since I had read Coelho's book, and so much has changed in my life since then that I wanted to see how/if the story still spoke to me.

The last time I had picked up The Fifth Mountain, I was practicing yoga, and although I never embraced Coelho's whole New Age, Warrior of Light idea, I thought it interesting. But now that I've returned to my Catholic faith, I was curious to see how Coelho dealt with a major biblical figure, Elija.

As a writing project, I think Coelho did an amazing job. He filled in the blanks and re-told (re-imagined) a powerful story of faith. Sort of.

To the best of my knowledge, Elija did not write Warrior of Light, yet that is what Elija tells his young charge at the end of The Fifth Mountain. As an author, I can let that go. You can't fault an author for writing a tie-in to another one of his books. Just ask Stephen King.

The other idea that Coelho mentions is more complex and, to me, more troubling. As Elija imparts his wisdom to the widow's young son, whom he has promised to take care of, he re-tells the story of Jacob wrestling with a stranger (who turns out to be God). At daybreak, the stranger cannot beat Jacob in the contest, and wants to take his leave. Jacob, having recognized that he was wrestling with God, refuses to let him go, and then demands a blessing. God blesses him, and changes Jacob's name to Israel.

The lesson Elija imparts from this is: sometimes you gotta take the bull (or God) by the horns and wrestle from Him your destiny. If we add to this concept the New Age (read The Secret) ideas that the universe is there to do your bidding, peppered throughout The Fifth Mountain, it led to a disappointing and troubling read. Yes, the Jacob story is in the Bible (Genesis). So it must have an edifying purpose. But is the message to be gleaned a New Age message, where God is just one more celestial being in and among the universe who can/should be bullied into giving us what we want simply by whining about it long and loud enough? I don't think so.

So, to recap, The Fifth Mountain is a great story, obviously well-written, a fine piece of historical/Biblical fiction, but ultimately it fails in that, I suspect, many readers will come away thinking erroneously that the Bible is yet another New Age text, or worse, that the Bible supports New Age ideology.

O carte cu un mesaj simplu si clar: întotdeauna poți merge mai departe; lucrurile nu sunt întotdeauna cea ce par, trebuiesc analizate si apoi sa decizi in consecință; nu ceda fara lupta; cauta sa te descoperi, apreciaza tot ce ai, fara discriminare, de la lucrurile mici la cele însemnate; fii bun si cauta să ajuți; sfârșitul nu înseamnă sfârsit.

من با این کتاب عاشق خدا شدم ....

Paolo Coelho is definitely one of my top 5 favourite authors. He has set the bar really high with 'The Alchemist', a book I keep going back to for motivation and direction in life. The Fifth Mountain brings into perspective the struggles of a prophet and Paolo does a good job of accentuating the moments of doubt in his sacred journey. The book is great for quotes and notes of wisdom. However, the details can sometime get boring and too dramatic to stick to the pages. The story can sometime be hard to discern from fiction as it has a slight narrative/historical voice. In any case, I am glad I have added one more to my compendium. I look forward to his follow up works, the most inquisitive one for me being "Manual of the Warrior of Light'. I am hoping I can connect the dots through future reading and decipher more of the message that Paolo is trying to impart to readers.

"وقتی با یک بار مردن میمیریم ، چرا باید روزی هزاران بار بمیریم؟"

هرچند کوئیلو در اکثر کتابهایش به یک یا چندین قضیه تکراری اشاره میکند و بارها آن را تکرار میکند اما هنوز خواندن کتاب های کوئیلو را تنها به یک جهت دوست دارم،همیشه تاکید میکند برای بدست آوردن رویاهای شخصیت مبارزه کن و نترس.هر آنچه که قرار باشد اتفاق بیفتد میفتد و هر حادثه و هر فاجعه ای چالشی است جدید.
فاجعه تنبیه نیست ! مبارزه است .
گاه لازم است برای فرار از نا امیدی و مصائبی که در این دنیا هست به کتابهایی از این دست پناه برد تا برای چند ساعت هم که شده به خود بقبولانم که دنیا جای زیبایی است و ارزش مبارزه کردن دارد.
نکته ی دیگری که لازم است بگویم فارغ از هر بحث عقیدتی باور دارم که مفاهیمی به مانند عشق و صلح و آزادی و نفرت و کینه از درون‌ میاید و هر چیزی را که بطلبیم سر راهمان قرار میگیرد و به خودمان برمیگردد؛به عبارتی هر چیز که در جستن آنی،آنی.
هرانچه را که برای دیگران بخواهیم سر راه خودمان هم قرار میگیرد.
خوشا به حال کسانی که به سمت عشق و پیوندن دادن و اشتراکات قدم برمیدارند،نه نفرت و گسستن و تفاوت ها.اگر نیک بنگریم این تفاوت ها و اشتراکات هرکدام در مکان و زمان خود زیباست و قابل تامل

کتاب کوه پنجم داستان مبارزه و مقاومت و استواری است.داستان زندگی ایلیا نبی که در سرزمین اسرائیل میزیسته است.داستان گریختن وی در ۲۳ سالگی از سرزمین اسرائیل بخاطر بیم از قتلش توسط آخاب پادشاه عصر(عهد عتیق،پادشاهان) و آشنا شدن وی با بیوه زن و به عهده گرفتن سرپرستی وی و فرزندش و آزمایش هایی است که در این مدت با آن روبرو میشود.داستانی بر اساس کتاب مقدس
به مانند دیگر کتاب های کوئیلو کتاب مملوء است از پیامهای عقیدتی در ارتباط با عشق ، مقاومت ،آزمایش ، مبارزه و دوستی
چند جمله از متن کتاب

تمام نبردهای زندگی، چیزی به ما یاد می دهند. حتی نبردهایی که باعث شکست ما می شوند. وقتی بزرگ شدی، می فهمی که از دروغ هایی دفاع کرده ای، خودت را فریب داده ای، یا به خاطر حماقت، رنج برده ای. اگر رزم آور خوبی باشی، خودت را به خاطر این ها سرزنش نمی کنیف اما نمی گذاری این اشتباه ها دوباره تکرار شوند. .


از هر فرصتي كه زندگي در اختيارت مي گذارد استفاده كن چون اگر از دست بروند مدت ها طول مي كشد تا دوباره به دست ايند....

اگر گذشته ای داری که ناراحتت می کند ، همین حالا فراموشش کن ... 
سر گذشت تازه ای برای زندگی ات بساز و به آن ایمان داشته باش.....

وقتی بر بلندا باشیم ، هر چیز دیگری را کوچک می بینیم . 
افتخار و اندوه ما معنایش را از دست می دهد.
هر آنچه به دست اوردیم یا از دست داده ایم ، همان پایین می ماند. 
از بالای کوه می بینی که دنیا چه بزرگ است و افق هایش چه وسیع...


خداوند دعای آنانی را میشنود که میخواهند نفرت از آنها گرفته شود اما به دعای آنان که میخواهند از عشق بگریزند ناشنواست...


بهترین شمشیر زن کسی است که مثل سنگ است.بدون شمشیر کشیدن نشان میدهد کسی نمیتواند شکستش دهد....

 بی مقدار است هر آنکس که او  شک نکند به خویشتن . زیرا گناه کبر در کمین اوست . که بی شک کورکورانه توانایی خویش را قبول دارد...

Tomé este libro, para que me acompañara a mi vieja a casa cuando estuve en unas cortas vacaciones, no pude tener mejor compañía.

Para las personas de fe, las cosas tienen significado o los designios de Dios.

Este libro, habla un poco sobre esto, el temor a Dios, como él tiene un plan para cada uno de nosotros, como él trabaja de misteriosas razones.

La historia, solamente tengo que decir que esta muy bien desarrollada y que cada capítulo es mejor...

Genelde Coelho kitaplarını sevmeme karşın bu kitaptan çok etkilenmediğimi ve hatta biraz zorla bitirdiğimi itiraf etmeliyim… bitireli uzun zaman olmasına kariın buraya yorum bile yazmak istemeyişimin nedeni bende yüzeysel bir hikayeden fazla iz bırakmamış olmasıdır muhtemelen…

* writes a good review this books deserves *

Maybe I'm a bit biased while writing my review. I don't like that Coehlo is so deeply influenced by religion, and it shows in his writing. If there's anything I'm trying to evade at all cost, would be religion.

I felt the book was very spiritual, and while it was good, warm, and whatnot, I couldn't stop thinking that every page turn was a new sermon. Coehlo's style of writing is very deep and thoughtful, and his word choices are beautiful. His style of writing is something I can praise. He writes with such passion that I can feel energy behind every word and feeling behind every meaning. His imagery is powerful, it makes me shudder with realization when I read gruesome paragraphs with detailed honestly and quick perception.

The plot, however, was slow and confusing. Elijah was confused himself as to what his destiny was. Many pages were of his suffering from this confusion and ultimately not knowing what to do.

In conclusion, the striking spiritually aspect of the book was the least enjoyable aspect.