It was when I fell in love with a man. I’m a male and it was weird since that I am not gay. I asked a friend of mine for advise. He told me after listening to the whole story of my feelings that it is something beyond the love; he would be my Zahir then rather than my love. I wondered what it was and asked questions over and over. I saw he felt annoyed and asked for permission to go home. He went and came back a few hours later fetching a book "o Zahir: livro das almas". I took it and read it to the end that night to the morning. I was crying bitterly when I saw Paulo Coelho is one who bears almost all of his ideas the same with me. After that, I have read that book nearly twenty times and enjoyed it.
I’d rather recommend the other readers here to read it and the other books by Paulo Coelho as well. "Alchemist" is a wonderful book too by Paulo Coelho. I had read it without being aware who the author is.
I would not give you details from the inside of the book in order not to lose the interest that you may put on this book.
Thanks.