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The Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition

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HarperCollins, Oct 13, 2009 - Fiction - 208 pages

"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.

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A very easy to read introduction to spirituality. - Goodreads
A good story, but writing language style is boring. - weRead
Great ending and overall good book. - Goodreads
Amazing storytelling. - weRead
Excellent book with much insight - weRead
Beautiful imagery, excellent morality tale - weRead

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Well, this book has quite a slow pace and isn't all that great, but there are some parts of the story that stuck with me for good. I read this book around two years ago, but even now I remember some ... Read full review

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User Review  - John - Goodreads

The simplicity of the writing is very striking. It feels like Siddhartha or Scripture. My former wife gave me The Secret on audio book a few years ago, and I was obsessed. I listened to it in the car ... Read full review

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The Alchemist (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Alchemist by Paulo coelho - The Woodbridge/Edison Book Club ...
Having read "The Alchemist," do you know what inner resources you need to ... How does the Englishman's search for the alchemist compare to Santiago's ...
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MIT Literary Society :: February 2007
With the help of the alchemist, Santiago completes the last leg of his journey ... Having read The Alchemist, do you know what inner resources you need to ...
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About the author (2009)

Paulo Coelho, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947, is one of the bestselling and most influential authors in the world. The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage, The Valkyries,Brida, Veronika Decides to Die, Eleven Minutes, The Zahir, The Witch of Portobello, and The Winner Stands Alone, among others, have sold 115 million copies in more than 160 countries.

Paulo Coelho nació en Brasil en 1947 y es uno de los autores con más influencia de hoy día. Conocido mundialmente por el bestseller internacional El Alquimista, Coelho ha vendido más de 100 millones de libros en todo el mundo, los cuales han sido traducidos a 68 idiomas y publicados en 150 países. Paulo Coelho escribe una columna semanal que se publica en los periódicos más importantes del mundo.

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TitleThe Alchemist - 10th Anniversary Edition
AuthorPaulo Coelho
PublisherHarperCollins, 2009
ISBN0061741248, 9780061741241
Length208 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Body, Mind & Spirit / Inspiration & Personal Growth
Body, Mind & Spirit / Spirituality / General
Fiction / Literary
  
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