hypnotism
Manuscript
Found Accra
IN
THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Translation copyright © 2013 by Margaret Jull Costa
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. www.aaknopf.com Originally published in Brazil as Manuscrito Encontrado em Accra by
Sextante, Rio de Janeiro, in 2012. Copyright © 2012 by Paulo Coelho.
Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random
House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Coelho, Paulo.
[Manuscrito encontrado em Accra. English]
Manuscript found in Accra : a novel / by Paulo Coelho. —
First United States edition. pages cm
“Originally published in Brazil as Manuscrito encantrado em Accra by
Sextante, Rio de Janeiro, in 2012”—T.p. verso. eISBN: 978-0-385-34984-0
I. Title.
PQ9698.13.O3546 M3613
869.3′42—dc23
2012042426
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Jacket image:
Woodcut of Jerusalem © Lebrecht Music & Arts/Corbis
Jacket design by Linda Huang
v3.1
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Epigraph 1
Dedication
Epigraph 2
Preface and Greeting
Manuscript Found in Accra
Other Books by This Author
A Note About the Author
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for those who turn to You. Amen.
For N.R.S.M., in gratitude for the miracle
Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
Luke 23:28v
Preface and Greeting
In December of 1945, two brothers looking for a place to rest found an urn full of papyruses in a cave in the region of Hamra Dom, in Upper Egypt. Instead of telling the local authorities—as the law demanded—they decided to
Found Accra
IN
THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK
PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Translation copyright © 2013 by Margaret Jull Costa
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. www.aaknopf.com Originally published in Brazil as Manuscrito Encontrado em Accra by
Sextante, Rio de Janeiro, in 2012. Copyright © 2012 by Paulo Coelho.
Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random
House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Coelho, Paulo.
[Manuscrito encontrado em Accra. English]
Manuscript found in Accra : a novel / by Paulo Coelho. —
First United States edition. pages cm
“Originally published in Brazil as Manuscrito encantrado em Accra by
Sextante, Rio de Janeiro, in 2012”—T.p. verso. eISBN: 978-0-385-34984-0
I. Title.
PQ9698.13.O3546 M3613
869.3′42—dc23
2012042426
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Jacket image:
Woodcut of Jerusalem © Lebrecht Music & Arts/Corbis
Jacket design by Linda Huang
v3.1
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Epigraph 1
Dedication
Epigraph 2
Preface and Greeting
Manuscript Found in Accra
Other Books by This Author
A Note About the Author
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for those who turn to You. Amen.
For N.R.S.M., in gratitude for the miracle
Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
Luke 23:28v
Preface and Greeting
In December of 1945, two brothers looking for a place to rest found an urn full of papyruses in a cave in the region of Hamra Dom, in Upper Egypt. Instead of telling the local authorities—as the law demanded—they decided to