3. PAULO COELHO
PAULO COELHO DE SOUZA WAS
BORN ON 24 AUGUST IN 1947 IS A
BRAZILIAN LYRICIST AND NOVELIST .
HE IS A MEMBER OFTHE BRAZILIAN
ACADEMY OF LETTERS .HIS NOVEL
THE ALCHEMIST HAS SOLD MORE
THAN 150 MILLION COPIES
WORLDWIDE AND IS THE ALL TIME
BEST SELLING BOOK BY A BRAZILIAN
WRITER .HE INFLUENCED BRAZILIAN
ROCK MUSIC THROUGH HIS
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MUSICIAN
RAUL SEIXAS.
4. INTRODUCTION
DREAMS ARE MADE TO BE
FOLLOWED.
LIFE IS MEANT TO BE LIVED.
SOME BOOKS ARE MEANT TO BE
READ,LOVED AND PASSED ON.
THE ALCHEMIST ONE OF THOSE
BOOKS.
6. SYNOPSIS
IT IS THE STORY OF SPHERED BOY FROM THE
SPANISH PROVINCE AND ANDALUSIA WHO
DREAMS OF TRAVELLING THE WORLD IN
SEARCH OF TREASURE AS DESIRABLE AS ANY
EVER FOUND.FROM HIS HOME HE JOURNEYS
TO EXOTIC MARKETS OF NORTH AFRICA AND
THEN EGYPTIAN DESSERT,WHERE A FATEFUL
ENCOUNTER WITH THE ALCHEMIST AWAITS
HIM.
7. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
THE ALCHEMIST IS AN ENTICING
AND INSPIRING NOVEL FILLED
WITH OPTIMISM.THE NOVEL
INSTILLS IN US BELIEF THAT
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF ONLY
YOU COULD HAVE THE COURAGE
TO BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS AND
PURSUE IT.I PERSONALLY FEEL
YOU HAVE TO BE IN A REFLECTIVE
MOOD TO ENJOY THE BOOK .IF
YOU HAVE FEELING EXPECTING
TOO MUCH,YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE
IT.MOREOVER THE STORY HAS
SOMANUU DIFFRENT LAYERS AND
8. DEPTHS TO IT,THAT YOU MIGHT NOT
GET A FULL GRASP OF THE BOOK IN
THE READ ITSELF.ALL THE SAME ,THE
ALCHEMIST IS A COMBINATION OF
PHILOSOPHY AND WISDOM MAKING IT
ON THE WHOLE AN INSPIRING
READ.THE STORY HANDLES THE
COMPLEX SUBJECT WITH SUCH AN
EASE THAT READING THE BOOKS
BECOME PIECE OF CAKE.I WOULD
DEFINITELY RECOMMEND TO READ
THIS WONDERFUL INSPIRATIONAL
NOVEL OF PAULO.
