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Azalik ez — Paulo Coelho: Alchemist (Hardcover, 2006, Tandem Library)

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2006ko mai. 15a(e)an Tandem Library(e)n argitaratua.

ISBN:: 978-1-4177-5332-1

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The Alchemist details the journey of a young 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 and disaster. One of the significant characters that he meets is an old king named Melchizedek who tells him that "When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." This is the core philosophy and motif of the book.

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David Swinstead (e)k Paulo Coelho(r)en The Alchemist liburuaren kritika egin du

I liked it. I didn't love it but I liked it.

3 izar

Edukiari buruzko abisua Spoilers yes. Don't click if you haven't read.

There's a lot of inspirational stuff about following our dreams and never giving up.

And a lot of stuff about learning what true happiness is.

But then it's a bit too pseudo-religious for my liking.

And then in the final 30ish pages all at once several things happened that I thought ruined the whole book: - the alchemist really does turn lead into gold, after it seeming for many pages that it was all just a metaphor - the boy really does talk to God and turn himself into the wind, after (again) seeming like it would all stay grounded in reality and it would only happen figuratively - he found actual treasure at the end! I thought the whole point was that treasure is in us already, its in the connection to the universe and in fining love and purpose.... Coelho make it seem like that's the lesson but then right at the end it turns out, no, the treasure is gold. Not love.

Gaiak

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