Description
The Alchemist is a story about a shepherd boy named Santiago who dreams of travelling the world in search of a worldly treasure as fabulous as any ever found. He travels to different places, meets different people, and experiences many different things. The treasure he is looking for is called the Philosopher's Stone, and he eventually finds it. The story has a spiritual element to it, and it is also magical realism.
This is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world in search of a worldly treasure as fabulous as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers, and from there into the Egyptian desert, where a fateful encounter with the alchemist awaits himWith Paulo’s visionary blend of spirituality, magical realism and folklore, 'The Alchemist 'is a story with the power to inspire nations and change people’s lives