The fifth mountain / Paulo Coelho ; translated by Clifford E. Landers.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Portuguese Edition: First Harper Perennial editionDescription: ix, 245, 31 pages ; 21 cmISBN: 9780061729256; 0061729256Uniform titles: Monte cino. English Subject(s): Elijah (Biblical prophet) -- Fiction | Bible. Old Testament -- FictionGenre/Form: Portuguese fiction -- Translations into English. | Religious fiction. DDC classification: 869.3 LOC classification: PQ9698.13.O3546 | Q5613 2009Action note: cat Sampler 20180522 vc/cjkSummary: "Written with the same masterful prose and clarity of vision that made The Alchemist an international phenomenon, The Fifth Mountain is Paulo Coelho's inspiring story of the Biblical prophet Elijah. In the ninth century B.C., the Phoenician princess Jezebel orders the execution of all the prophets who refuse to seek safety in the land of Zarephath, where the unexpectedly finds true love with a young widow. But this newfound rapture is to be cut short, and Elijah sees all of his hopes and dreams irrevocably erased as he is swept into a whirlwind of events that threatens his very existence. In what is truly a literary milestone, Coelho gives a quietly moving account of a man touched by the hand of God who must triumph over his frustrations in a soul-shattering trail of faith."--Publisher description.
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Translation of: Monte cino.
A hardcover edition published by HarperFlamingo: 1998.
Includes discussion questions.
"Written with the same masterful prose and clarity of vision that made The Alchemist an international phenomenon, The Fifth Mountain is Paulo Coelho's inspiring story of the Biblical prophet Elijah. In the ninth century B.C., the Phoenician princess Jezebel orders the execution of all the prophets who refuse to seek safety in the land of Zarephath, where the unexpectedly finds true love with a young widow. But this newfound rapture is to be cut short, and Elijah sees all of his hopes and dreams irrevocably erased as he is swept into a whirlwind of events that threatens his very existence. In what is truly a literary milestone, Coelho gives a quietly moving account of a man touched by the hand of God who must triumph over his frustrations in a soul-shattering trail of faith."--Publisher description.
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