Brida

　　每個人都有屬于自己的命運。“但我怎麼才能知道誰是我的靈魂伴侶？”布萊達問。“這需要冒險。可能會失敗，沮喪，甚至絕望，但不要放棄尋找愛。”

　　二十一歲的布萊達拋出了一個人生的基本命題︰“我們的一生究竟在尋找什麼？”

　　這是一趟自我發現的靈魂之旅，一個女孩尋回天賦與真愛的前世今生……

　　The spellbinding new novel from one of the world's best-loved authors, Paulo Coelho, recounting the story of Brida, and her pursuit of wisdom.

　　This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in various aspects of magic, but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom, who begin to teach her about the world.

　　Her teachers sense that Brida has a gift, but cannot tell what that is. Meanwhile, Brida pursues her course ever deeper into the mysteries of life, seeking to answer questions about who she is. She meets a wise man who dwells in a forest, and teaches her about overcoming her fears and trusting in the goodness of the world, and a woman who teaches her how to dance to the music of the world, and how to pray to the moon. She seeks her destiny, as she struggles to find a balance between her relationships and her desire to become a witch.

　　This enthralling novel incorporates themes fans of Paulo will love. It is a tale of love, passion, mystery and spirituality.

作者簡介

保羅．科爾賀（Paulo Coelho）

　　1947年生於巴西里約熱內盧，很早就發現他對寫作的天賦。他被公認為我們這個世代最有影響力並最受讀者歡迎的作家之一。他的書已在全球銷售超過1億3千5百萬冊，行銷168個國家，並譯成73種語言。

　　他得過很多國際大獎，其中有他因《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》一書，而名列2009年金氏世界紀錄中同一本書被譯成最多國語言的作者。他從2002年起便是巴西文學院的一員，2007年並獲選為聯合國和平使者。

　　著有《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》、《朝聖》、《薇若妮卡想不開》、《魔鬼與普里姆小姐》、《愛的十一分鐘》、《生命戰士的智慧祕笈》、《波特貝羅女巫》、《贏家》等書。

　　保羅．科爾賀官方網站：www.paulocoelho.com

　 　Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947. He has become one of the most widely read and loved authors in the world. Especially renowned for The Alchemist and Eleven Minutes, he has sold more than 100 million books worldwide and his work has been translated into 67 languages. The recipient of numerous prestigious international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum and France's Legion d'Honneur, Paulo Coelho was inducted into the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 2002. He writes a weekly column syndicated throughout the world.