The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

To die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one’s departure from this world. Everything depended on one word: “Maktub.”

The novel tells the tale of Santiago, a boy who has a dream and the courage to follow it. After listening to “the signs” the boy ventures in his personal, Ulysses-like journey of exploration and self-discovery, symbolically searching for a hidden treasure located near the pyramids in Egypt.

Santiago sees the greatness of the world, and meets all kinds of exciting people like kings and alchemists. However, by the end of the novel, he discovers that “treasure lies where your heart belongs“, and that the treasure was the journey itself, the discoveries he made, and the wisdom he acquired.

This novel is about optimism,as the alchemist himself says, when he appears to Santiago in the form of an old king “when you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true“.

Fear of failure seems to be the greatest obstacle to happiness. As the old crystal-seller tragically confesses: ” I am afraid that great disappointment awaits me, and so I prefer to dream“.In the desert, Santiago meets his “twin-soul” and discovers that love is the core of existence and creation. As Coelho explains, when we love, we always try to improve ourselves, and that’s when everything is possible. The subject of love inspires a beautiful lyricism in Coelho’s writing: ” I love you because the whole universe conspired for me to come close to you.”

All of us have dreams, and are dying for somebody to tell us that they may come true.And it’s the novel which fulfill your desire to be told.

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