Why is Paulo Coelho respected abroad, but not in Brazil?

Well, he is respected in Brazil, by his readership, probably the same way he is respected abroad (plus a good dose of national pride). However, as people are more learned and well-read they tend to be annoyed by his awkward syntax, poor idioms, bad verb conjugation, small vocabulary, predictable plots and sugar-coated quotes. read more

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, interest in literature from Latin America dropped throughout Europe, but Paulo Coelho remained one of the few commercially successful authors from Brazil, outranking the country's then top-selling author, Jorge Amado. read more