The Alchemist Paulo Coelho Paulo Coelho The Brazilian

The Alchemist Paulo Coelho

Paulo Coelho � The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist. In 1986, PAULO COELHO did the pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella, an experience later to be documented in his book The Pilgrimage. In the following year, COELHO published The Alchemist. Slow initial sales convinced his first publisher to drop the novel, but it went on to become one of the http: //www. goodreads. com/author/show/566. Paulo_Coelho best selling Brazilian books of all time.

Novel success The Alchemist is an allegorical novel by Paulo Coelho first published in 1988. The Alchemist was originally written in Portuguese and has since been translated into 67 languages, winning the Guinness World Record for most translated book by a living author. It has sold more than 65 million copies in more than 150 countries, becoming one of the bestselling books in history.

What is it about? �Details the journey of an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago. �Santiago, believing a recurring dream to be prophetic, decides to travel to the pyramids of Egypt to find treasure. �On the way, he encounters love, danger, opportunity, disaster and learns a lot about himself and the ways of the world. �He meets is an old king named Melchizedek who tells him about discovering his personal legend: what he always wanted to accomplish in his life. He also says "When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. "

Alchemist �An alchemist was a scientist in the Middle Ages who tried to discover how to change ordinary metals into gold.