07-29-2005, 09:08 AM | #1 |
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The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
I recently read this delightful Spanish tale (in English, of course) upon the recommendation of a friend. It's short, sweet and an easy read, but has a mythic quality about it. I've heard it classified as literature of the "inspirational" sort (the subtitle, after all, is "A fable about following your dream"), but it's nothing of the hokey or heavy-handed sort.
Anyone else familiar with it? Apparently it was a huge hit back in the early nineties, when it was brought over in translation.
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