RaveBooktribeThis minimalist narrative is split between a prologue and an epilogue, thus framing a series of thirteen eloquent lessons. The chapters, ranging from a few lines to several pages, detail the proper gestures a novice archer must learn in order to excel ... Such simplicity in storytelling disguises a more complex message than how best to pull back a bowstring; it fosters an understanding of the higher self and a reverence for life’s many stages ... Coelho’s keen understanding of humanity’s yearning for enlightenment emerges again and again in his work ... For fans of Zen philosophy and metaphysical fiction, The Archer is a must-read.
