Author Paulo Coelho
Country Brazil
Genre Fiction
Publication Date 2014
Pages 272
This is another Paulo Coelho book that I loved. I call myself an 'almost' Paulo Coelho fan with the exception of a few books. Most of his books are deep, insightful and deliver a strong message and that's what makes me cherish them.
The beauty of 'Adultery' lies in it being an extremely simple story while also being profusely complicated. It's an everyday tale of someone who has everything in life but craves for something 'more'. However, the complexity of challenging and seemingly contradictory human emotions is what adds the jing to the otherwise simple story.
One of the core themes of the book is the lack of passion and adventure in our everyday lives and how that makes our life void and lacking. It's the fear of change and the equal fear of stagnancy that locks most of us in our existing cage-like existence. One of my favorite quotes from the book that brings this to life is:
'I am a woman torn between the terror that everything might change and the equal terror that everything might carry on exactly the same for the rest of my days'
The coexistence of good and evil in each of us is another over-riding theme of 'Adultery'. While I have heard this before, I am still left thinking each time this comes up: the fact that each of us possesses both sides of the coin and some of us just control the evil better than the others. And then there are times when we can't exercise our self control as always and get driven to doing previously unthinkable acts. And probably that's where the root of adultery is. Driven to otherwise unimaginable deeds by the all pervasive loneliness despite being surrounded by loved ones.
Like most Paulo Coelho books, 'Adultery' is insightful and thought provoking. Most of the thoughts, while not unique are presented beautifully and meaningfully. However, to be absolutely honest, I find most of the central themes of the book slightly unnerving. I choose to believe that I and the people around me have fundamentally defeated the evil within us and the thought that this might not be cent percent accurate is scary, to say the least!
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