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The Alchemist

by Paolo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world. This story, dazzling in its simplicity and wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an Alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. No one knows what the treasure is, or if Santiago will be able to surmount the obstacles along the way But what starts out as a journey to find worldly goods turns into a meditation on the treasures found within. Lush, evocative, and deeply humane, the story of Santiago is art eternal testament to the transforming power of our dreams and the importance of listening to our hearts.

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...solitary individuals who no longer believed in things, and didn'tunderstand that shepherds become attached to their sheep. He knew everything abouteach member of his flock: he knew which ones were lame, which one was to givebirth two months from now, and which were the laziest. He knew how to shear them,and how to slaughter them. If he ever decided to leave them, they would suffer.The wind began to pick up. He knew that wind: people called it the levanter, becauseon it the Moors had come from the Levant at the eastern end of the Mediterranean.The levanter increased in intensity. Here I am, between my flock and my treasure, theboy thought. He had to choose between something he had become accustomed to andsomething he wanted to have. There was also the merchant's daughter, but she wasn'tas important as his flock, because she didn't depend on him. Maybe she didn't evenremember him. He was sure that it made no difference to her on which day heappeared: for her, every day was the same, and...

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Mahbub

01 Oct 2011 13:28:20

Journey towards life

To pursue and realizing our dream is the theme of this book. The story is simple, so is the philosophy, but yet it allows us to go deep inside our thoughts to understand what we really desire in our life.

An amazing guide for us to understand ourselves.

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jaya

28 Aug 2011 12:39:15

the alchemist- paulo coelho

awsum 1........
one can get to know abt his dreams....n realise wht he want to achieve in his life

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Mahbub

01 Oct 2011 13:30:13

Inspiration, yes that's what this book can do to us. To dream, to realize our dream and to pursue for it, that's what this book was written for. Simple and truth.

02 Mar 2011 04:33:40

this book symbolize how dreams can become our goals and our goals can become a reality

30 Jan 2011 10:33:38

a must rd bk 4 those who keep others first in their lives and fool themselves saying that they are sacrificing their passions for others... Just like what I was......... One wud never say they are 'sacrificing' if they really do it with luv......... I wud rd this n number of times to remind myself of the Soul of the eternal who wants to passionately enter mine and make all of my passion clear

ojashwi.pathak

27 Jan 2011 05:02:27

im in love wid paulo coehlo

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20 Jan 2011 12:10:44

its a mus tread....paulo is d 1st author who has given d concept of chasing ur dreams....now d whole world is luking up 2 it

18 Jan 2011 16:23:55

I really loved it ...it is so inspiring

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He had tried in vain to establish a relationship with an alchemist. But the alchemists were strange people, who thought only about themselves, and almost always refused to help him. Who knows, maybe they had failed to discover the secret of the Master Workthe Philosopher's Stone and for this reason kept their knowledge to themselves.