{"product_id":"9780060930134-secondhand-the-fifth-mountain","title":"The Fifth Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"More ambitious than  The Alchemist . A thought-provoking tale.\" -  TIME  magazine A sweeping and deeply personal novel about faith, loss, and the will to rebuild -- from Paulo Coelho, the internationally bestselling author of  The Alchemist . The Fifth Mountain  takes us to ninth-century Israel, where the young prophet Elijah is fleeing for his life. Queen Jezebel has ordered the execution of every prophet who refuses to worship her pagan gods, and Elijah -- chosen by God to deliver a message the powerful do not want to hear -- has no choice but to run. Guided by an angel, he crosses the desert and takes refuge in the Phoenician city of Akbar, where he finds an unlikely home with a widow and her young son. As he settles into an uneasy peace and begins to rebuild, catastrophe strikes -- and Elijah is forced to confront the mountain that has shadowed his journey from the beginning. Inspired by a moment of devastating loss in Coelho's own life, the novel asks the question at the heart of all human suffering: why do terrible things happen to those who are trying to do what is right? Elijah's answer -- hard-won and quietly transformative -- is the beating heart of this book. A timeless story about the courage it takes to keep faith when everything you love has been taken from you,  The Fifth Mountain  is a liberating and ultimately uplifting read.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49318208733403,"sku":"9780060930134-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9780060930134-us-300.jpg?v=1789746403","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780060930134-secondhand-the-fifth-mountain","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}