![]() Paulo Coelho works with the UN to combat violence against women. Short has more than six million followers on Twitter. Santiago's not the only one with a personal legend: Coelho believes that his was to be a writer. Supposedly there's a film in the works-but we're still waiting. Want more mystical talk straight from our author's mouth? Check out Coelho's blog. Try out this awesome game/distraction, which lets you combine elements until you get to the ultimate gold. We've got a feeling that Coelho forgets those naysayers on his way to the bank. Critics call Coelho a sell-out and his philosophy empty. Of course, any book that makes its author ridiculous wealthy is going to have its detractors. As the protagonist learns lessons about fulfilling his "Personal Legend," you can apply them to his or her own life, finally manifesting those One Direction tickets you've been wanting. (Yeah, it didn't sound familiar to us, either.)Īnyway, this plot summary probably clues you into why the book is so famous: it's one part novel and about ten parts live-your-dream self-help book. ![]() If this story sounds familiar, that's because it's a retelling of " The Ruined Man who Became Rich Again through a Dream," a story from One Thousand and One Nights, in The Alchemist. On his journey, he meets a good-looking girl at an oasis, is captured by warriors, and makes contact with a real, live alchemist. He meets a crazy old man who claims to be a king and tells him to go for his destiny (usually a bad idea), and then travels through Northern Africa. In Coelho´s version, a Spanish shepherd dreams of a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids. Want to read The Alchemist in your native Kannada? Go for it. It has sold over 65 million copies and counting worldwide and has been translated into almost over languages. It wasn't exactly a bestseller, but it exploded into an international bestseller when the English translation appeared in 1993. Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist was first published in Portuguese in 1988 in the author's home country, Brazil. Well, what if that book were also recommended by Will Smith, Julia Roberts, Bill Clinton, Oprah, and Madonna? If someone told you about a book on how to find buried treasure, fulfill your destiny, and also meet the lover of your dreams, wouldn't you want to read it? No?
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