The Alchemist - Gift Edition
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"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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Critical Praise for
The Alchemist - Gift Edition
“The story has the comic charm, dramatic tension, and psychological intensity of a fairy tale, but it’s full of specific wisdom as well... A sweetly exotic tale for young and old alike.”
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Publishers Weekly
“A wise and inspiring fable about the pilgrimage that life should be.”
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M. Scott Peck
“An adventure story full of magic and wisdom.”
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Rudolfo Anaya, author of Bless Me, Ultima
“A touching, inspiring fable.”
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Indianapolis Star
“Nothing is impossible, such is Coelho’s messag, as long as you wish it with all your heart. No other book bears so much hope, small wonder its author became a guru among all those in search of the meaning of life.”
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Focus (Germany)
“A magical little volume.”
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San Francisco Chronicle
“[This] Brazilian wizard makes books disappear from stores.”
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New York Times
“[His] books have had a life-enchanting effect on millions of people.”
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London Times
“Rarely do I come across a story with the drectness and simplicity of Coelho’s The Alchemist. It lifts the reader out of time and focuses through a believably unlikely story on a young dreamer looking for himself. A beautiful story with a pointed message for every reader.”
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Joseph Girzone, author of Joshua
“A beautiful story with a pointed message for every reader.”
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Joseph Girzone, author of Joshua
“As memorable and meaningful as Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince.”
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Austin American-Statesman
“A sweetly exotic tale for young and old alike.”
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Publishers Weekly
“Beneath this novel’s compelling story and the shimmering elegance with which it’s told lies a bedrock of wisdom about following one’s heart.”
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Booklist
“A most tender and gentle story. It is a rare gem of a book, and will most certainly touch the very core of every heart earnestly seeking its own destiny on the journey of life.”
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Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., co-author of Change Our Mind, Change Your Life
“A most tender and gentle story. It is a rare gem of a book.”
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Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., co-author of Change Our Mind, Change Your Life
“An entrepreneurial tale of universal wisdom we can apply to the business of our own lives.”
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Spencer Johnson, M.D., co-author of The One-Minute Manager
“A remarkable tale about the most magical of all journeys: the quest to fulfill one’s destiny. I recommend The Alchemist to anyone who is passionately committed to claiming the life of their dreams—today.”
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Anthony Robbins, author of Awaken the Giant Within
“A remarkable tale about the most magical of all journeys: the quest to fulfill one’s destiny.”
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Anthony Robbins, author of Awaken the Giant Within
“A sweetly exotic tale for young and old alike.”
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Publishers Weekly
“The Alchemist is a story about the endless search of finding out who you truly are. On the road for most of our lives, sometimes it’s difficult to find something to grasp onto, to define who you are and where you belong – and reading The Alchemist truly made me appreciate my family and band and those close to and around me. It brought some stability into our wild ride of a life.”
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Joe Jonas of The Jonas Brothers, in Time Out New York
“The love story in The Alchemist is amazing. The woman understood that he had to go away for a while; the trust [the couple] had is beautiful. I hope for something like that for myself one day.”
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Joe Jonas, in People Magazine
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