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| | Features | ISBN13: 9780061122415Condition: NewNotes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
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| | Description | "My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky." Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams." Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book. With over a million and a half copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has already established itself as a modern classic, universally admired. Paulo Coelho's charming fable, now available in English for the first time, will enchant and inspire an even wider audience of readers for generations to come. The Alchemist is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist. The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, above all, following our dreams. | |
| | Product Details | | Author: | Paulo Coelho | | Paperback: | 208 pages | | Publisher: | HarperCollins | | Publication Date: | May 01, 2006 | | ISBN: | 0061122416 | | Package Length: | 7.9 inches | | Package Width: | 5.3 inches | | Package Height: | 0.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 1537 reviews |
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 very good book highly recomend it Sep 05, 2010
really gives you insights on how you should follow your dreams and never give up. also show how a chain of events is linked and that you set your own future
 Like Paul Coelho, Dislike this Book! Sep 02, 2010
I think Paul Coelho as an author is interesting and wise, but this book was a big disappointment. It took me a long time to get through The Alchemist because I found the rhythm of the writing to be flat. Yes, the over all message was good, but it could of been summed up in the form of a proverb. I don't understand the hype of this book. I've read better stories for spiritual enlightenment, and metaphysical intrigue, this was just a drag. It's a shame too, because I was so excited to read it, being such a fan.
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Commonplace Aug 28, 2010
After thirty years of reading, I have finally made it to Coelho, and seldom have I been more disappointed by a book. The alchemist is a short collection of hackneyed truisms, with no storyline or message. The characters are flat; there is no wisdom, not novelty, no life in it. Simple enough as a fable, it may appeal to simple minds, or occasional readers, but if this is what writing has come to, we could have stayed with Aesop.
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 Trite Truisms Aug 24, 2010
Oddly enough, this book doesn't say anything deep or meaningful that we haven't already heard before. While the message may be a good one, it's obvious, everyone knows it, and ultimately I was asking myself... what's the point? Also, it's like one long lecture rather than a story. So if you're looking for plot or adventure - steer clear.
The good news is that it's short, so it won't waste too much of your time. I'm aware that many people were touched by this work. All I can say is "good for them." I wish I knew what I was missing.
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In complicated times, simplicity is truly the best. Aug 23, 2010
I've read this book several times and each time, something new is revealed - always through the simplicity.
As others have said, the writing is simple and clear, as a primer - but don't confuse that as being writing for young readers. The reality expressed in the simplicity is this: the only place you need to look for the truth is in yourself. The only search would be one's own personal journey.
It's just that simple. And profound.
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