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| Writer | Paulo Coelho |
| Category | Novel |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Publish Date | 1998 |
| Pages | 158 |
| File Size | 1 MB |
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I REMEMBER RECEIVING A LETTER FROM THE AMERICAN publisher Harper Collins that said that: “reading The Alchemist was like getting up at dawn and seeing the sun rise while the rest of the world still slept.” I went outside, looked up at the sky, and thought to myself: “So, the book is going to be published in English!”
At the time, I was struggling to establish myself as a writer and to follow my path despite all the voices telling me it was impossible. And little by little, my dream was becoming a reality: ten, a hundred, a thousand, a million copies sold in America. One day, a Brazilian journalist phoned to say that President Clinton had been photographed reading the book.
Some time later, while I was in Turkey, I opened the magazine Vanity Fair and saw Julia Roberts declaring that she adored the book. Walking alone down a street in Miami, I heard a girl telling her mother, “You must read The Alchemist!” The only honest response is: I don’t know. All I know is that, like Santiago the shepherd boy, we all need to be aware of our personal calling.
What is a personal calling? It is God’s blessing, it is the path that God chose for you here on Earth. Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our legend. However, we don’t all have the courage to confront our own dreams.
The Alchemist PDF