Perhaps it meant ‘a larger tribe without a leader’ or ‘delinquents who don’t steal’, or other descriptions. Drawing on his own past experiences, Coelho (The Alchemist) tells the story of a young man named Paulo exploring love, spirituality, and the world during. No one knew exactly what the word ‘hippie’ meant, and it didn’t much matter, Paulo tells us. For Paulo and Karla it is a life-defining love story that leads to choices that will set the course of the rest of their lives. Coelho’s Hippie is a story about a group of young people who set out from Amsterdam to Kathmandu during the 1960s counterculture revolution. Coelho’s Hippie is a story about a group of young people who set out from Amsterdam to Kathmandu during the 1960s counterculture revolution. Together with their fellow travellers, they embark on a trip aboard the Magic Bus, heading across Europe and Central Asia to Kathmandu.įor everyone, the journey is transformative. Paulo’s writings are always heralded as major publishing events and are widely read, though sometimes with mixed reviews. There he meets Karla, a Dutch woman in her twenties who has been waiting to find the ideal companion to accompany her on the fabled hippie trail to Nepal. The worldwide bestseller by the author of The Alchemist takes us on a journey back in time, from South America to Holland to Nepal, drawing on the rich. In the famous Dam Square in Amsterdam he finds young people playing music, while discussing sexual liberation, the expansion of consciousness and the search for an inner truth. Prior to reading Hippie any knowledge of the movement was based on stereotypes from the TV or remarks of a derogatory nature. He travels on the famous 'Death Train to Bolivia', then on to Peru, later hitchhiking through Chile and Argentina. Our Review Paulo Coelho’s fantastic new book Hippie is based on real events from his life and is a must-read for anyone interested in the author. In HIPPIE, he tells the story of Paulo, a skinny Brazilian with a goatee and long hair, setting off on a journey in search of a deeper meaning for his life. To learn about yourself, explore the world around you.ĭrawing on the rich experience of his own life, bestselling author Paulo Coelho takes us back in time to relive the dreams of a generation that longed for peace and dared to challenge the established social order.

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