The book was published by Harper Collins Publishers India in year 2013.
Synopsis
There are few books that have such an impact on you that your life can be changed after reading those. The Alchemist is surely one of those. This book beautifully conveys the learnings of life, about listening to your heart and dreams.
In this book there is a shepherd, Santiago, who lives by Andalusian Mountains. His journey to find the treasure in pyramids is inspiring. His learning through the journey makes him realize to follow his heart and his dreams. The people he meets in his journey where those who made him realize the truth and way to live life, like a man educating him that “to realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation”. Ultimately in his journey to find the treasure he meets an alchemist to gives him right direction to find that treasure.
Apart from finding the treasure, the most beautiful and powerful in the book is the wisdom shared.
About the Author
Brazilian novelist, Paulo Coelho is one of the best writers who has also received many prestigious awards for his work. The book, The Alchemist is one of the best-selling novels which has been sold worldwide in millions and that too in so many languages. It was in 1982 that he first wrote his book, Hell Archives. Few of his amazing works are, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, The Fifth Mountain, Veronika Decides to Die, The Devil and Miss Prym, Eleven Minutes, Like the Flowing River,Brida, The Valkyries.
