The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream

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The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, is billed as a modern classic, yet I find it difficult to discern why. It has the feel of a fable; from a time as hazy as the desert in which it is set, and carries the lessons on life one would expect from such a parable. The feelings of distant memory that it creates, however, fashion a gap between the book and the reader.

It begins with Santiago, a... read more

Alchemist is definitely the most inspiring book you will ever read. If you have a dream, this book will inspire you to follow it and never give up on it.
If a person truly desires for something, the whole universe conspires to help him to realize it. So, have something that will always help you keep going and who knows when you might reach your destiny, meet your personal legend.

Alchemist - when we talk about mastering this novel and creativity, we aren't talking about just an ordinary novel, but the whole journey of soul-searching (the value of man-made for himself), or in other words, is the picture painted by the artist for himself clearly, Frankly Paulo Coelho has added thrill element as usual, However, this novel was the first work of his other works that fall und... read more