L'alchimiste

This novel the Alchemist is appeared in 1994, in France. It was in addition published in 100 countries, in 47 languages. The Alchemist is the account of a search, that of Santiago, a young Andalusian shepherd left in search of a treasure hidden at the bottom of Pyramids. In the desert, initiated by the alchemist, he will learn how to listen to his heart, with reading the signs of the destiny and, over all, with going at the end of its dreamed. Intended for the child whom each being hides in oneself, the Alchemist is a marvellous tale Santiago philosophy, shepherd and principal hero lives a common life with all the shepherds.

A solitary man who spends most clearly his time with his herd, and who without surprise, earns a living by selling wool of his sheep. However, Santiago has a characteristic that few shepherds have: the passion of the reading and the desire of discovery, in particular, the discovery of the world. It is besides because it was in search of world which it announced to his parents his desire for becoming shepherd, him who was supposed to become priest and regild the blazon of a poor family from her knowledge of the languages such as Latin, Spanish as well as theology.

All the history of Santiago will start from one dreamed. One dreamed where he sees a treasure hidden at the bottom of Pyramids. One dreamed which will become the main objective of this man who gives up family, trade as well as the security of the routine that the life offered to him until now to follow what it will call “his personal legend”. He will live moments of doubt, moments when the attack of its objective will appear almost unrealizable to him but in spite of the tests, he will never drop because like he says it: “It is precisely the possibility of carrying out one dreamed which makes the life interesting” As its projection, it will cross a multiplicity of people who will help it to reach her personal legend because in a certain way, they belonged also to the script of its life. It will remain throughout its epopee with the listening of the signs which the life but more especially with the listening of its heart will send to him a man who, will not be afraid to call himself in question and will agree to start again a new experiment at the end of the preceding one. Most important for him will be to live the present moment without it not letting any escape one moment. A man who over all, will learn how not to more live cloistered in the humdrum routine made safe in which it was locked up. The open-minded which it will end up acquiring will learn him a wisdom.

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