Alchemist

My Heart Is Afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky."Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams."
Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book. With over a million and a half copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has already established itself as a modern classic, universally admired. Paulo Coelho's charming fable, now available in English for the first time, will enchant and inspire an even wider audience of readers for generations to come.
The Alchemist is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist.
The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, above all, following our dreams.
“A sweetly exotic tale for young and old alike.”
--Publishers Weekly
“A remarkable tale about the most magical of all journeys: the quest to fulfill one’s destiny.”
--Anthony Robbins, author of Awaken the Giant Within
“A beautiful story with a pointed message for every reader.”
--Joseph Girzone, author of Joshua
“A most tender and gentle story. It is a rare gem of a book.”
--Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., co-author of Change Our Mind, Change Your Life


"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer." the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky.
"Tell your heart that the far of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams."
Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book.
The Alchemist is a magical story of Santiago, an Audalusian shepherd boy who travels in search of a worldly treasure. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist.
The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and above all, following our dreams.
“A remarkable tale about the most magical of all journeys: the quest to fulfill one’s destiny.”
--Anthony Robbins, author of Awaken the Giant Within
“A most tender and gentle story. It is a rare gem of a book.”
--Gerald G. Jampolsky, M.D., co-author of Change Our Mind, Change Your Life
“A beautiful story with a pointed message for every reader.”
--Joseph Girzone, author of Joshua
“A sweetly exotic tale for young and old alike.”
--Publishers Weekly


Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. Paulo Coelho1s The Alchemist is such a book. Since its original publication in 1988, The Alchemist has sold millions of copies throughout the world. This handsome new edition, beautifully illustrated by the artist Moebius, will allow Coelho1s charming fable to inspire an even wider audience of readers for generations to come.
The Alchemist is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who travels in search of a worldly treasure. From his home in Spain, he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist. The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life1s path, and, above all, following our dreams.