The latest novel from the #1 internationally best-selling author of The Alchemist.
There is nothing wrong with anxiety.
Although we cannot control God’s time, it is part of the human condition to want to receive the thing we are waiting for as quickly as possible.
Or to drive away whatever is causing our fear. . . .
Anxiety was born in the very same moment as mankind. And since we will never be able to master it, we will have to learn to live with it—just as we have learned to live with storms.
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July 14, 1099. Jerusalem awaits the invasion of the crusaders who have surrounded the city’s gates. There, inside the ancient city’s walls, men and women of every age and every faith have gathered to hear the wise words of a mysterious man known only as the Copt. He has summoned the townspeople to address their fears with truth:
“Tomorrow, harmony will become discord. Joy will be replaced by grief. Peace will give way to war. . . . None of us can know what tomorrow will hold, because each day has its good and its bad moments. So, when you ask your questions, forget about the troops outside and the fear inside. Our task is not to leave a record of what happened on this date for those who will inherit the Earth; history will take care of that. Therefore, we will speak about our daily lives, about the difficulties we have had to face.”
The people begin with questions about defeat, struggle, and the nature of their enemies; they contemplate the will to change and the virtues of loyalty and solitude; and they ultimately turn to questions of beauty, love, wisdom, sex, elegance, and what the future holds. “What is success?” poses the Copt. “It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace.”
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Now, these many centuries later, the wise man’s answers are a record of the human values that have endured throughout time. And, in Paulo Coelho’s hands, The Manuscript Found in Accra reveals that who we are, what we fear, and what we hope for the future come from the knowledge and belief that can be found within us, and not from the adversity that surrounds us.
保罗•柯艾略 （Paulo Coelho)
1947年出生于巴西里约热内卢，被誉为全球最有影响力、最畅销的当代作家之一，获国际大奖无数。
作品被陆续翻译成80种语言，在超过170个国家和地区出版发行，总计销量已超过1.75亿册。2002年被选为巴西文学院院士。2007年被联合国任命为和平大使。2009年，《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》打破“吉尼斯世界纪录”，成为迄今出版语种最多的图书。2012年，《阿克拉手稿》出版。
他也是拥有最大在线社区的作家。
- 以1099年耶路撒冷为背景，智者科普特人解答众人困惑。
- 探讨焦虑、孤独与爱的本质，强调接纳人类生存状态。
- 自然循环无输赢，唯有放弃者才是输家，智慧代代相传。
- 寻求心灵慰藉与人生指引的读者，适合在迷茫时阅读。
- 喜欢保罗·柯艾略哲学风格，偏好金句与灵修内容的读者。
- 对宗教、哲学及人类存在状态有思考兴趣的读者。
- 本书叙事性较弱，更像哲学对话录，勿期待跌宕起伏情节。
- 内容偏向心灵鸡汤，适合静心阅读，不宜追求逻辑严密性。
- 建议结合个人生活体验阅读，从中汲取温暖与勇气。
- 被普遍视为保罗·柯艾略的“鸡汤”代表作，温暖治愈。
- 金句频出，富有诗意与哲理，适合摘录与分享。
- 部分读者认为内容较淡，缺乏故事性，但仍有启发性。
本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成，不等同于全文精读。
- "爱只是一个字，直到我们决定让它以无穷的力量占据我们的心。 爱只是一个字，直到某个人出现，为它赋予深刻的意义。"
- "孤独不代表爱的缺失，它反而使爱更加完整。 孤独不代表无人相伴，孤独的时刻，倾听自己的灵魂尽情诉说，帮助我们决定人生何去何从。 因此，那些不畏孤独的人是幸运的，他们不凛独处，不会无时不刻都在焦虑地寻找事情来做，来消遣，来评头论足。 如果你从未孤独过，就不可能了解自我。 如果你不了解自我，就会开始害怕虚空。"
- "We forget that the world is what we imagine it to be."
- "Elegance is accepted and admired because it makes no effort to be elegant."
- "和我们谈谈挫败吧。 大自然的循环没有所谓的胜利或失败：它运行不息。 在这循环的周期中，没有输家或赢家，只有必须历经的各种阶段。 唯有放弃的人才是输家。"
- "很多人极度想为人生赋予意义，转而寻求宗教慰籍，因为，以信仰之名衍生的斗争或冲突，总被视为神圣举动，甚至可以藉此改变世界。 他们成为虔诚的信徒，接着是传道人，最后变成宗教狂热分子。 他们不明白的是，宗教之所以创立，是由于人们想要分享它的奥秘，而非意图压迫，或要求他人改变信仰。"
- "對於那些因孤獨而倍感壓抑的人，重壓的是記住，生命當中最重要的時刻，我們總是寂寂一身的。 …… 再比如我們所有人，當跟死亡這個不速之客狹路相逢時：我們都將是孤身一人去面對此生中最重要、最恐怖的時刻的。 恰如愛是神的狀態，孤獨纔是人的狀態。對於那些通曉生命奇蹟的人，這兩種狀態和諧地共存著。"
