The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist
Paperback – Deckle Edge, April 15, 2014
by Paulo Coelho  (Author)

A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho.

Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies around the world and transforming the lives of countless readers across generations.

Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams.

The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel (an illustrated interpretation of The Alchemist)
Hardcover – November 23, 2010
by Paulo Coelho  (Author)

A beautifully rendered stunning graphic novel of the classic that continues to inspire readers worldwide every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever the alchemist has established itself as a modern classic, universally admired now for the first time, the phenomenal bestseller has been rendered as a graphic novel that will appeal to the millions of existing fans while also attracting a new generation of readers the alchemist is the magical tale 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 tangier 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 lifes path, and above all, following our dreams 'it was an old dream of mine to have the alchemist as a graphic novel i had received several proposals but none of them came anywhere near the classical vision i have in my mind for a graphic format when i saw sea lion books proposal however it took me less than half an hour to make my decision'paulo coelho