Oito meses! A Anne Marie viajou por toda a Europa durante oito meses! A maior parte desse tempo, andou por aí sozinha — uma experiência que adorou e que recomenda —, à exceção de um momento muito especial que partilhou com uns amigos: o Caminho de Santiago. Foi no seguimento dessa experiência que surgiu a vontade de ler "O Diário de Um Mago", o livro onde Paulo Coelho relata a sua própria aventura no Caminho de Santiago. Queria a Anne Marie que este fosse o seu primeiro livro de Paulo Coelho, mas quis a vida que acontecesse de outra forma, talvez mais acertada... Por muito que tivesse procurado, esta jovem alemã não encontrou qualquer exemplar de "O Diário de Um Mago" em inglês. Encontrou, sim, um exemplar de "O Alquimista" à venda num alfarrabista da baixa do Porto por apenas 1 Euro. Era esse o livro que lia quando a fotografei no jardim da Cordoaria, o livro que a Anne Marie acabou por admitir ser perfeito para a fase da vida em que se encontrava, uma vez que também protagonista daquela história parte numa grande viagem. Estava, disse ela, a "adorar este livro fantástico, de leitura fácil, mas profundo."
No dia a seguir ao nosso encontro, a Anne Marie regressou a Berlim, certa de que não demoraria muito a partir de novo. Assim são os viajantes.
Eight months! Anne Marie traveled throughout Europe for eight months! Most of the time, she wandered by herself — an experience she loved and recommends —, except for one very special moment that she shared with some friends: the Route of Santiago de Compostela. It was after that journey that she had the desire to read "The Pilgrimage", the book where Paulo Coelho writes about his experience in that same route. Anne Marie wanted this book to be her first of Paulo Coelho, but life wanted different, perhaps a more wise way... As much as she searched for, this young German couldn't find any copy of "The Pilgrimage". She did find, however, a copy of "The Alchemist" for sale at a second-hand bookseller downtown Porto for 1 Euro only. That was the book she was reading when I took her picture at Cordoaria's garden, the book that Anne Marie admitted to be perfect for the life stage she was at, once the main character in that story also leaves in a big journey. She was, as she said, "loving this fantastic book, easy to read, but deep."
The day after our encounter, Anne Marie went back to Berlin, certain that it wouldn't take her long to leave again. So are travellers.
Translated by Marisa Silva
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Eight months! Anne Marie traveled throughout Europe for eight months! Most of the time, she wandered by herself — an experience she loved and recommends —, except for one very special moment that she shared with some friends: the Route of Santiago de Compostela. It was after that journey that she had the desire to read "The Pilgrimage", the book where Paulo Coelho writes about his experience in that same route. Anne Marie wanted this book to be her first of Paulo Coelho, but life wanted different, perhaps a more wise way... As much as she searched for, this young German couldn't find any copy of "The Pilgrimage". She did find, however, a copy of "The Alchemist" for sale at a second-hand bookseller downtown Porto for 1 Euro only. That was the book she was reading when I took her picture at Cordoaria's garden, the book that Anne Marie admitted to be perfect for the life stage she was at, once the main character in that story also leaves in a big journey. She was, as she said, "loving this fantastic book, easy to read, but deep."
The day after our encounter, Anne Marie went back to Berlin, certain that it wouldn't take her long to leave again. So are travellers.
Translated by Marisa Silva
2 comentários:
Adoro esta foto! É tão... Porto :)
Salut :-).
L'endroit, la position, le soleil fort qui inonde joliment la blondeur de la lectrice créent une belle alchimie.
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