This summer, I was running trough the list of best selling books ever, and the title "The Alchemist" caught me immediately. I expected a fantasy genre, some mixes of Lord of the rings and Harry Potter. Well this book was a wonderful surprise to me. This is not a mix of anything. It is a masterpiece.
"The Alchemist" takes you to a long journey of a young shepherd, who decided to sell his sheep and go to the pyramids. Why? Because of a zingaro woman who told him, that close to the pyramids he will find a treasure.
The story begins in a ruin of church, where Santiago sleeps with his sheep. In the middle of the ruin grows a tree.
The boy crosses the sea as well as the desert. He meets an old king, works for a glass merchant, becomes a friend with an apprentice alchemist, finds his true love in an oasis and finally arrives to the pyramids. There, two robbers tell him a crazy story about a treasure in a distant land, under a tree, in the ruin of a church. Tududuum!
quotations:
When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago, echoing the words of the old king.
It's not what enters men's mouths that's evil. It's what comes out of their mouths that is.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago.
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. You've got to find the treasure, so that everything you have learned along the way can make sense.
The Alchemist
The alchemist to Santiago.
Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.
The Alchemist
Santiago's heart.
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OdpovedaťOdstrániťSounds like an interesting book! I will put it on my reading list.