About the Book: The Archer
In The Archer we meet Tetsuya, a man once famous for his prodigious gift with a
bow and arrow but who has since retired from public life, and the boy who 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. Paulo
Coelhos story suggests that living without a connection between action and soul
cannot fulfill, that a life constricted by fear of rejection or failure is not a
life worth living. Instead one must take risks, build courage, and embrace the
unexpected journey fate