El Alquimista

Name: El Alquimista
ISBN: 9788423964482

First published 1988
257 pages
Spanish
Classic

Santiago has the same dream twice: a treasure waiting for him beside the Egyptian pyramids. He is an Andalusian shepherd boy who knows his flock, the dry hills of home and the taste of dust on the wind, and he could keep that small safe life. Instead he sells his sheep and sails from Spain to the crowded markets of Tangier and on toward a desert that speaks in omens. An old man who calls himself a king shows him what it means to follow his Personal Legend, and far ahead waits a mysterious alchemist. The path demands he listen to his heart and leave everything familiar behind. The desert will test whether his dream is worth the price.

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Loved as inspiring fable about following dreams, hated as simplistic and preachy. Short, easy read.

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