The Alchemist
Published: 1988
Author: Paulo Coelho
Genres: Action, Adventure, Alchemy, Coming Of Age, Education, Fantasy, Fiction, Greek & Roman, Legend, Literary, Magic, Metaphysical, Myth
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Summary
Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd youth, seeks the significance of a reoccurring dream from a Gypsy fortune-teller. The lady sees it as a prophecy, predicting that the boy would find a fortune among the Egyptian pyramids.
After leaving, Santiago encounters an elderly monarch named Melchizedek, also known as the King of Salem, who advises him to sell his sheep and travel to Egypt to fulfill his "Personal Legend." Upon Santiago's arrival in Africa, a guy who promises to be able to take him to the pyramids actually robs him of the money he had earned from his flock. Santiago must next work for a crystal dealer in order to save enough money to travel to the pyramids.
Along the way, the youngster encounters an Englishman in quest of an alchemist, and the two continue their journey together. When they arrive in an oasis, Santiago meets and falls in love with Fatima, an Arabian girl, and proposes to her. She vows to marry him only when he has completed his voyage. He is first frustrated but subsequently learns that genuine love will not cease and that one must not surrender one's destiny to it, since doing so would strip it of its truth.
After that, the young man meets a knowledgeable alchemist who teaches him how to recognize his actual nature. They risk a voyage across warring tribes' areas, where Santiago must prove his oneness with "the soul of the earth" by turning himself into a dust storm before being permitted to continue. When he starts digging near the pyramids, he is robbed again, but he learns from the thief's leader that the riches he was looking for were all along where his first dream took place in a crumbling church.
Rating: 100/100
Recommended: 100/100 Yes.
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