THE-ALCHEMIST

["\u201cPaulo Coelho gives you the inspiration to follow your own dreams by seeing the world through your own eyes and not someone else\u2019s.\u201d \u2014Lynn Andrews, author of the Medicine Woman series \u201cNothing is impossible, such is Coelho\u2019s message, as long as you wish it with all your heart. No other book bears so much hope, small wonder its author became a guru among all those in search of the meaning of life.\u201d \u2014Focus (Germany) \u201cThe Alchemist is a truly poetic book.\u201d \u2014Welt am Sonntag (Germany) \u201cDotted throughout the story and illuminated in a poetic style are metaphors and deep insights that stir our imagination and transport the reader on a fantastic journey of the soul.\u201d \u2014Yomiuri-Shinbun (Japan) \u201cThe Alchemist brings to mind The Little Prince by Saint-Exup\u00e9ry and The Prophet by Khalil Gibran, as well as biblical parables.\u201d \u2014Gazeta Wymborcza (Poland) \u201cThe Alchemist is a beautiful and heartwarming story with an exotic flavor\u2026. You may or may not agree with PauloCoelho\u2019s philosophy, but it\u2019s nonetheless a tale that comforts our hearts as much as our souls.\u201d \u2014Bergensavisen (Norway)","\u201cThe Alchemist is like a modern-day The Little Prince. A supreme and simple book.\u201d \u2014Milorad Pavic (Serbia) \u201cAmong Latin American writers, only Columbia\u2019s Gabriel Garcia Marquez is more widely read than Brazil\u2019s Paulo Coelho.\u201d \u2014The Economist","P CALSO BY AULO OELHO The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom The Valkyries: An Encounter with Angels By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept The Fifth Mountain The Illustrated Alchemist Veronika Decides to Die","CREDITS Cover design: Doreen Louie Cover photograph \u00a9 by J. Sims\/FPG International","Copyright This book is an English version of O Alquimista, the Portuguese original edition, published in Brazil by Editora Rocco Ltd. (Rio de Janeiro). Copyright \u00a9 1988 by Paulo Coelho. This edition was prepared by Alan R. Clarke in consultation with Paulo Coelho. THE ALCHEMIST. Copyright \u00a9 1993 by Paulo Coelho. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of PerfectBound\u2122. PerfectBound\u2122 and the PerfectBound\u2122 logo are trademarks of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Mobipocket Reader July 2005 ISBN 0-06-088268-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been ordered. ISBN 0\u201306\u2013250217\u20134 (cloth) ISBN 0\u201306\u2013250218\u20132 (paperback)","10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1","About the Publisher Australia HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty. Ltd. 25 Ryde Road (PO Box 321) Pymble, NSW 2073, Australia http:\/\/www.perfectbound.com.au Canada HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 55 Avenue Road, Suite 2900 Toronto, ON, M5R, 3L2, Canada http:\/\/www.perfectbound.ca New Zealand HarperCollinsPublishers (New Zealand) Limited P.O. Box 1 Auckland, New Zealand http:\/\/www.harpercollins.co.nz United Kingdom HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 77-85 Fulham Palace Road London, W6 8JB, UK","http:\/\/www.uk.perfectbound.com United States HarperCollins Publishers Inc. 10 East 53rd Street New York, NY 10022 http:\/\/www.perfectbound.com"]