"The witch of portobello", by Paulo Coelho.
Protagonist of this book is Athena, a girl adopted by Lebanese family who is settled in England; later known as Witch of Portobello. Its the journey of discovery of oneself, discovering that you are part of universe and god is within each of us. Her journey begins when she decids to go to find and visit her birth mother, a gypsy, in Transylvania-Romania.
The book is written between normal and paranormal. There is a blend of philosophy and psycology with sprinkling of religion. There are also some Pagan traditions of celebrating the mother nature.
Love, not lust, is the real theme and soul of the book. Power of mind is the key to real joy in the world. This book puts forth philosophy that is ground breaking (e.g. you dont teach what you know, you teach what you dont know. Love can not be defined, it just is etc.)
Paulo Coelho's writing style is special. You can not just read the book, you have to decipher it.
Character of Athena is an interesting case study. She sometimes reminds me of character of Maya from Gulzar's film Ijaazat. The end, though, seemed out of sync with the book.
What did I read? Nothing and everything. Hard to catch the soul of book in words.
If you are serious reader and want food for thought read the book. An interesting book.
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