EVERY FEW DECADES a book is published that changes the lives of the readers forever Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist is such a hook. With over a million and a half copies sold in Latin America and Europe, The Alchemist has already achieved the status of a modern classic, Now this enchanting fable has been translated into English to enthral and inspire an even wider audience for years to come.
HERE IS THE magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd hoy whw yeams to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. Fron his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and into the Egyptian desert where a fateful encounter with the alchemist awaits him.
Thus 15 A story that teaches us, as only few stories can, 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.