The fifth mountain /
Paulo Coelho ; translated by : Clifford E. Landers.
- New York : Harper-Collins Publisher, c1998.
- 245 pages ; 17 cm.
In the ninth century B.C., the Phoenician princess Jezebel orders the execution of all the prophets who refuse to worship the pagan gold Baal. Commanded by an angel of God of flee Israel, Elijah seeks safety in the land of Zerephanth, where he unexpectedly finds true love with a young widow. But this newfound rapture is to be cut short, and Elijah sees all of his hopes and dreams irrevocably erased as he swept into a whirlwind of events that threatens his every existence. In what is truly a literary milestone, Coelho gives a quietly moving account of man touched by the hand of God who must triumph over his frustrations in a soul-shattering trial of faith.