His stories have a combination of reality with a little of fiction that capture the reader’s attention till the end, and this book represents it well.

He writes from experience and understands people. I always feel refreshed and inspired when I read Coehlo’s books. Hippie is such a great book full of interesting facts about the hippie culture, the seventies, the way people perceived hippies, and facts in general about the world during that time period. But while Karla begins to understand herself and get answers to her questions, Paulo is full of questions and intrigued by the wonders of the world. Throughout their journey they spend brief moments in several countries where they experience prejudice against their beliefs and being young free hippie souls.īy the time they reach Istanbul, Paulo and Karla establish an interesting relationship. On their trip they meet several groups of people, such as a father and daughter, a couple returning to Nepal, a pair of best friend girls, and two interesting bus drivers. His way of seeing the world is different from Karla’s, and she soon realizes it. Paulo is young, shy and with dreams of becoming a writer. As she spots Paulo, she assesses him and determines that he is the person she’s been looking for, and convinces him to go on an adventure with her. Karla seems strong and independent, but has trouble establishing long term relationships and is becoming bored of the monotonous life. He eventually finds himself traveling to Europe and ending alone in Amsterdam, where a young girl is waiting to meet the right person to travel as her companion on a Magic Bus to Nepal. He remembers the wonderful time he spent with her in Machu Picchu, but becomes anxious as he starts remembering their return back to Brazil, a dark time in Paulo’s past. As Paulo travels through Europe, he reminisces on previous events in his life spent traveling with his former girlfriend. Hippie takes place in the seventies, a time when young bohemian people were trying to find inner peace and answers through connections with the universe and nature.

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