The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

"The Alchemist" was originally written in Portuguese by a famous Brazilian author Paulo Coelho. The book's original title is "O Alqumistia". The book was first published in 1988 which is since then been translated into 56 different languages and is one of the bestselling books of the history. This translation of the book was written by Alan R. Clarke and was first published by Harper Collins Publishers in 1993. The genres of the book are fiction, fantasy, psychology, drama.

The writer following his desire to find the Philosopher's Stone or the Elixir of Life has spent a long time studying Alchemy. He had spent the little money he had to buy imported books. The books were no use to him because they contained impenetrable language, full of symbols, dragons, lions, suns, moons and other such figures. The writer throughout this book tries to explain little facts that are but the ultimate reality in this world. As he does in the preface by saying that 'people only learn truth once they have first whole heartedly rejected it; that we mustn't run away from our own destiny; that the hand of God is firm, but infinitely generous'.

The author states that this book is a symbolic text as he talks about the Universal Language and the Soul of the World. No man is big or small in any category, all are equal but the ones who understand the Language of the world and are accustomed to deal with people using it achieve far more than others. The only pure language of world is that of love, it

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