Just finished my first Paulo Coelho novel - "The Alchemist". I have to say that i felt it to be one of the most powerful and amazingly constructed pieces of literature I have ever read. The messages and thoughts that it illustrates are relatively simple in their concepts, however the way they are constructed and intertwined into the story of Santiago the Shepherd are nothing short of amazing.

I find this anecdote about the book particularly amusing and ironic -

In China & Australia it has gained particular success. The Herald Sun listed it as one of the five most commonly stolen books from Melbourne's book shops.





Has anyone else here read this book and what are your thoughts on it?

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Originally posted by 00soups00 I have to say that i felt it to be one of the most powerful and amazingly constructed pieces of literature I have ever read.

are you seriously telling me its better than your previous favourites, featuring this little guy?

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN are you seriously telling me its better than your previous favourites, featuring this little guy?

GRUG!!!

hahaha GRUG



hasnt there got a movie the alchemist?

have they made a movie ?
cbf with books.... wtfs a book ?

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read it ages ago, really enjoyed it, also read the valkeries by him which is absolute shit

then i read Siddhartha by Herman Hesse who is the 1946 nobel prize winning Laureate in literature, and i couldnt help noting that Paulo Coelho had pretty muched copied all the themes from this earlier and far superior book. Coincidentally i had a conversation on the similarities between Siddhartha and The Alchemist with a german (last night!) whos met Paulo Coelho, he didnt agree that it was ¨copied¨ but did think the Alchemist was inspired by Siddhartha.

The last Paulo Coelho short story I read was "The devil and Miss Prym" gunna order Alchemist forsure!

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cbf

lol reading

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Originally posted by vman83 have they made a movie ? cbf with books.... wtfs a book ?

needs more anime form eh?

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Originally posted by Dj_Es-Dva needs more anime form eh?

no

hey soups whilst reading the book, you didn't happen to have Envisaged a Desert with people partying on! did you?
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