The Alchemist (Paperback)

The Alchemist is former Brazilian songwriter Paulo Coelho's third novel, which has taken the world by storm since its publication in 1988, and has been considered a `` phenomenon '' by critics. The Alchemist has sold more than 7 million copies in forty-two countries in six years. This is an unprecedented event since Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Some compare The Alchemist, which has gained a `` classic '' identity for readers who have not lost their childhood at heart, to Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince and Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Publishers Weekly). The Alchemist is the philosophical story of the fabulous life of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd who leaves Spain to search for his treasure at the foot of the Egyptian Pyramids. It is like a `` advice '': A guide to life and morality that seeks answers to the questions `` How to master your destiny, how to establish your happiness ? ''. The secret of the novel, which resembles a mystical fairy tale, finding more than seven million readers in six years undoubtedly lies in this guiding quality of his. Reading The Alchemist is like waking up at dawn to watch the sunrise while everyone else is still asleep.