Book: The Alchemist

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19th July 2005, 01:47 AM
Quantitativefool

Book: The Alchemist

I just read this book a few days ago and was wondering if anyone else had? It presented alot of very unique and interstings topics in a very direct and simple way. I believe this would be worthwhile for people to read and discuss. Please add any comments.

Hopefully,
-Stu
19th July 2005, 02:53 AM
nparker

Hi Quantitativefool...
Some data is required prior to do an adequate critic: author, editorial, edition year, ISBN...
Sincerely,
Natalia Parker
19th July 2005, 05:25 AM
sash

Title: The Alchemist
Author: Paulo Coelho
Published: May 10, 1995
ISBN: 0062502182
Editorial:

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Amazon.com[/url]]...Even the ancient tribal storytellers knew that this is the most successful method of entertaining an audience while slipping in a lesson or two. Brazilian storyteller Paulo Coehlo introduces Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who one night dreams of a distant treasure in the Egyptian pyramids ...

I also enjoyed this book. Its been a while since I read it and I will probably read it again. It is quite a short read, the novel perspective is very different in its approach to other books of similar genres. Some of his other books are also quite good.

PS Quantitativefool you can copy and paste the data above to publication data above to your original post so it is at the top of the thread. Good idea on the format nparker.

Warm Regards,
Alex
19th July 2005, 09:09 AM
David Mustardseed

Enjoyed it as well
20th July 2005, 07:05 AM
sash

Has anyone read any of his other books?

I would rate the ones I have read as the following:
The Alchemist - 4/5
Veronika Decides to Die - 4.5/5
11 Minutes - 3.5/5
Warrior of the Light -- This one is a collection of inspirational and spiritual quotes, its nice to have handy.

You can find all of these at Amazon by searching the author btw.

Warm Regards,
Alex
23rd July 2005, 07:42 PM
Astralsailor

Quote:

Originally Posted by sash

Has anyone read any of his other books?

I would rate the ones I have read as the following:
The Alchemist - 4/5
Veronika Decides to Die - 4.5/5
11 Minutes - 3.5/5
Warrior of the Light -- This one is a collection of inspirational and spiritual quotes, its nice to have handy.

You can find all of these at Amazon by searching the author btw.

Warm Regards,
Alex

Definetly worth reading and listening to :)
Paulo choela (wrong spelled) Is one of my favorites anyway