The Alchemist
This is the magical story of Santiago, a shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world to seek the most wonderful treasures known to man. From his home in Spain, he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and, from there, into the Egyptian desert, where a fateful encounter with the alchemist awaits...
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This is the magical story of Santiago, a shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world to seek the most wonderful treasures known to man. From his home in Spain, he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and, from there, into the Egyptian desert, where a fateful encounter with the alchemist awaits him.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780007835393 (0007835396)
Publish date: 2009
Publisher: Harper
Edition language: English
Santiago is an Andalusian shepherd boy who's on his way to see a girl he once met and fell a little in love with. Before he gets there, however, some stuff happens that I can only vaguely recall. Something about a fortune teller, who tells him that a dream he had about the pyramids in Egypt will lea...
A very good friend of mine from Overseas or completely other part of the world introduced this novel to me as one of those novels that completely change and transform human lives from worse to and for the better, and to be perfectly honest with you, I was also intrigued by it and very happy and read...
A very good friend of mine from Overseas or completely other part of the world introduced this novel to me as one of those novels that completely change and transform human lives from worse to and for the better, and to be perfectly honest with you, I was also intrigued by it and very happy and read...
I bought this book while in Amsterdam for a couple of reasons: The title first caught my attention, and the friend I was with said he'd read it and thought it was... ok. But mostly because of the title. Since buying it I've read a lot of reviews that say it's... ok. Which is why it sat on my T...
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