{"product_id":"the-zahir-paulo-coelho","title":"The Zahir","description":"\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eIn Arabic, \"Zahir\" means \"the obvious\" or \"the conspicuous\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/?curid=2167056\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. But in this profound novel, it comes to represent something far more unsettling: an obsession that consumes the mind, an idea or person that becomes impossible to forget. For the narrator - a bestselling novelist whose wife, Esther, has vanished - this obsession becomes the very fabric of his existence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA Journey Across Continents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe novel follows the narrator's quest as he travels from France to Spain, Croatia, and the bleakly beautiful landscape of Central Asia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/the-zahir\/paulo-coelho\/9780007220854\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. Along the way, he confronts not only the mystery of his wife's disappearance but also the deeper mysteries of his own soul. He questions the nature of love, the meaning of commitment, and the limits of personal freedom. As in Coelho's earlier work\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Alchemist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Zahir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis ultimately a pilgrimage - a journey of spiritual transformation disguised as a search for a missing person\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/?curid=2167056\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eWhy This Book Matters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Zahir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a novel about the nature of love and obsession. It asks uncomfortable questions: Can love ever be truly free? Is obsession the shadow side of devotion? And what does it mean to lose someone - not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually? Written with Coelho's signature clarity and grace, this is a book that will linger in your mind long after you have turned the final page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kitab Markaz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50944268239095,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0877\/8058\/9815\/files\/the-zahir-paulo-coelho-philosophical-fiction-paperback-kitab-markaz.jpg?v=1784194013","url":"https:\/\/kitabmarkaz.shop\/products\/the-zahir-paulo-coelho","provider":"Kitab Markaz","version":"1.0","type":"link"}