Hippie (PB)

The worldwide bestseller by the author of The Alchemist takes us on a journey back in time from South America to Holland to Nepal drawing on the rich experiences of his own life to relive the dreams of a generation that longs for peace. A novelist who writes in a universal language.Los Angeles Times In Hippie he tells the story of Paulo a young skinny Brazilian man with a goatee and long flowing hair who dreams of becoming a writer and Karla a Dutch woman in her twenties who has been waiting to find a companion to accompany her on the fabled hippie trail to Nepal. After meeting each other in Amsterdam she convinces Paulo to join her on a trip aboard the Magic Bus that travels from Amsterdam to Istanbul and across Central Asia to Kathmandu. As they embark on this journey together Paulo and Karla explore a love affair that awakens them on every level and leads to choices and decisions that will set the course for their lives thereafter.