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Paulo Coelho was born in 1947 in Brazil and showed an early interest in literature, though his parents encouraged him to study law. After publishing some unsuccessful early novels, his sixth novel The Alchemist became a bestseller in Brazil. The Alchemist has since sold over 65 million copies worldwide and been translated into 67 languages, receiving a Guinness World Record. It tells the story of Santiago, a shepherd boy who embarks on a journey of self-discovery after having a recurring dream.

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Paulo Coelho was born in 1947 in Brazil and showed an early interest in literature, though his parents encouraged him to study law. After publishing some unsuccessful early novels, his sixth novel The Alchemist became a bestseller in Brazil. The Alchemist has since sold over 65 million copies worldwide and been translated into 67 languages, receiving a Guinness World Record. It tells the story of Santiago, a shepherd boy who embarks on a journey of self-discovery after having a recurring dream.

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Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro in August 1947. Throughout his life he has always loved literature, but from a young age he parents encouraged him to become a lawyer, after attending law school he published a few unsuccessful novels, his sixth novel, The Alchemist, however, soon became a Brazilian bestseller. Currently the Alchemist has sold over 65 million copies, been published in 67 languages and even managed to receive a Guinness World Record. Coelho currently lives with his wife Christina in a combination of their homes in Europe and South America.

The Alchemist

We're born and we're buried, that, we all share. This is the story of what happens inbetween. Its about work, its about love, and, above all, its about dreams. The Alchemist is one of those few novels that manages to captivate the reader from page one. Through the simplicity of a shepherd boy, Coelho reminds the reader just what it means to make your dreams come true, and what it really means to be human. With over 65 million copies sold, The Alchemist has become a worldwide phenomenon, and its easy to see why. It's a literary masterpiece so powerful, that you don't just read it, you experience it.

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Santiago is perhaps as unremarkable as they come, just a simple shepherd boy living in the Spanish

"Paulo Coelho knows the secret of literary Alchemy." -- Kenzaburo E, Nobel Prize of Literature.

countryside, but one particularly vivid dream triggers a chair of events leading to both an astounding spiritual and physical journey for the boy.

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Santiago has lived his life with his sheep and

The Alchemist

An enlightening story, an easily deciphered fable about embracing the present and following one's heart to fulll one's purpose in life. -- Stacey Laatsch, Associated Content. Truly he found his personal legend in this inspirational work. -- Jennifer Morrison, Associated Content. Nothing short of inspiring and uniquely heart-warming. -- Lucy Tonic, Associated Content.

believes that from them he can learn anything he needs to, however, he soon realizes how much more to the world there really is. From Spain to Egypt he travels on a search for treasure, but he ends up with more than he bargained for, his journey, is not easy, and he is met with challenges ranging from making ends meet to fending of those who wish to harm him. All the while he is comforted and counseled by by the mysterious King of Salem, whom he sees but once, yet feels throughout the journey. In the end his journey becomes a remarkable on in which he grows from a boy to a man, and in the process becomes both wise and mature.

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