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chronicles a successful journalist’s extramarital affair, and Hippie (2018)
was inspired by Coehlo’s travels in the 1970s.

His other works include Frases (1996), a collection of short excerpts from
his oeuvre, and Life: Selected Quotations (2007), a similar collection of
excerpts translated into English. Coelho also compiled selections from his
weekly column in the newspaper O Globo into a volume titled Maktub which
means “It is Written”.

Coelho is now the world’s most widely read author with several
international awards under his belt. He has received several prestigious
awards including Crystal Award given by the World Economic Forum,
France’s Legion d’honneur and many more.

His fans call his books inspiring and life-changing. His critics say that
his books merely promote vague spirituality devoid of rigour. A confident
writer who rejects the self-help label—"I am not a self-help writer; I am a
self-problem writer"—Coelho dismisses his naysayers' critiques. "When I
write a book I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader," he
says. "It's not my business whether people like or dislike it."

Coelho has been married to his wife, the artist Christina Oiticica, since
1980. Together the couple spend half the year in Rio de Janeiro and the
other half in a country house in the Pyrenees Mountains of France. In
1996, Coelho founded the Paulo Coelho Institute, which provides support
to children and the elderly.

A. Complete the table below. Use a dictionary to check the
meanings. Then, choose the correct word to complete the
sentences. Change the form if necessary.
Noun Verb Adjective
embroider
torture
attract
inspiring
investigation

a. She was an ................. example to her followers.
b. It is claimed that the officers ............ a man to death in
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