The archer /
Coelho, Paulo,
The archer / Paulo Coelho ; illustrations by Christoph Niemann ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa. - First American edition. - 130 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
"Originally published as an ebook as O caminho do arco by Sant Jordi Asociados. Copyright ©2003 by Paulo Coelho." -- Title page verso. "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"-- title page verso
Prologue -- Allies -- The bow -- The arrow -- The target -- Posture -- How to hold the arrow -- How to hold the bow -- How to draw the bowstring -- How to look at the target -- The moment of release -- Repetition -- How to observe the flight of the arrow -- The archer without bow, without arrow, without target -- Epilogue.
Tetsuya was once famous for his prodigious gift with a bow and arrow. He has retired from public life when a boy comes searching for him. The boy has many questions, and in answering them Tetsuya illustrates the way of the bow and the tenets of a meaningful life. -- adapted from jacket
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Archers--Fiction.
Conduct of life--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Courage--Fiction.
Novels.
The archer / Paulo Coelho ; illustrations by Christoph Niemann ; translated by Margaret Jull Costa. - First American edition. - 130 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
"Originally published as an ebook as O caminho do arco by Sant Jordi Asociados. Copyright ©2003 by Paulo Coelho." -- Title page verso. "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"-- title page verso
Prologue -- Allies -- The bow -- The arrow -- The target -- Posture -- How to hold the arrow -- How to hold the bow -- How to draw the bowstring -- How to look at the target -- The moment of release -- Repetition -- How to observe the flight of the arrow -- The archer without bow, without arrow, without target -- Epilogue.
Tetsuya was once famous for his prodigious gift with a bow and arrow. He has retired from public life when a boy comes searching for him. The boy has many questions, and in answering them Tetsuya illustrates the way of the bow and the tenets of a meaningful life. -- adapted from jacket
9780593318270 0593318277
9780593318270
2020933484
Archers--Fiction.
Conduct of life--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Courage--Fiction.
Novels.