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?
Apr-05-2007 05:38
pkcRAISTLIN
arbiter's chief minion
Registered: Jul 2002
Location:
Re: one for the intellects...
quote:
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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Apr-05-2007 06:08
00soups00
cruzin
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Melbourne
Re: Re: one for the intellects...
quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
are you seriously telling me its better than your previous favourites, featuring this little guy?
GRUG!!!
Apr-05-2007 06:37
MiSSyM
xxx
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: MELBOURNE
hahaha GRUG
hasnt there got a movie the alchemist?
Apr-05-2007 07:42
vman83
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Mar 2006
Location: Melbourne, home of random weather
have they made a movie ?
cbf with books.... wtfs a book ?
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Apr-05-2007 09:09
tathi
wanderlust
Registered: Jan 2003
Location:
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.
Apr-05-2007 17:27
Sid
uncle thiddles
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Sydney, Australia
The last Paulo Coelho short story I read was "The devil and Miss Prym" gunna order Alchemist forsure!
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Apr-05-2007 17:50
Nsonic
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2004
Location:
lol reading
Apr-06-2007 07:39
Dj_Es-Dva
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Registered: Jul 2005
Location: City, Country format (ex. Paris, France)
quote:
Originally posted by vman83
have they made a movie ?
cbf with books.... wtfs a book ?
needs more anime form eh?
Apr-06-2007 10:52
narcism
faithless fangirl
Registered: Jul 2002
Location: Let go of my mind
quote:
Originally posted by Dj_Es-Dva
needs more anime form eh?
no
Apr-07-2007 10:46
mzvirbulis
"Boom Boom"
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Ballarat, Victoria
hey soups whilst reading the book, you didn't happen to have Envisaged a Desert with people partying on! did you?
:P
