DEEP SHIKHA

The Alchemist is one of those books which deserves a space in everyone's bookshelf. It is rich in fiction and clearly crafted by Paulo Coelho to make more perfect. It is about following your dream and goal and achieving it; while doing so the whole universe conspires for its happening. It's special feature is that it talks a lot about the 'Soul of the World' which attracts people towards their goals. The book has received the Niels Golden book award for its outstanding sales in the retail markets of UK. It is a third person narration and it tells about the story of a young shepherd boy, Santiago who wants to travel around the world. His greatest incident in life was his meeting with an old man Melchizedek, King of Salem who directs him towards his journey from the Andalusian plains to the exotic markets of Tangier and through the mighty deserts Sahara to the Al Famous oasis where his encounter with a an Alchemist aw au t-shirts him and finda twin blessing besides his fiancee Fatima. This story is not about the alchemist with whim Santiago meets but it is about the one who becomes an Alchemist and takes over. 315 people found this helpful.