num_pages: 197
description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho continues to change the lives of its readers forever. With more than two million copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has established itself as a modern classic, universally admired. Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells 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. The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories can, 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.
language: English
title: The Alchemist
titlecomplete: The Alchemist (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
characters: Alchemist, Melchizedek, Santiago
genres: Classics, Adventure, Fantasy, Self Help, Philosophy, Spirituality, Novels, Audiobook, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 2895156
places: Andalusia, North Africa, Sahara Desert, Egypt, Spain, Tangier, Morocco
awards: awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: NBDB National Book Awards
category: Translation, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Grand Prix des lectrices de Elle
category: roman, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Premio Grinzane Cavour
category: Narrativa Straniera, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Corine Internationaler Buchpreis
category: Belletristik
publisher: Turtleback