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The Alchemist
The Alchemist
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Santiago is 17 or 18 years old at the start of the book so it fits in with teenage protagonist theme

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Michelle
Jun 13, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: classics, my-library
I really liked this book. It's simple but good and has a message worth being reminded of. Also I was just coming off of reading Year of the Flood by Atwood, so I was a bit overwhelmed by that. This book was the perfect amount of charming. ...more
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Harry Palacio
Oct 05, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: classic, adult, award-winning, latin-american, fiction, healing-modalities, spiritual
The alchemist: a book of retreat one moves in a sensation of back or retrograde perhaps one moves truly that way; but that are mute unawarenesses. To realize that moving is a stillness. One may travel backwards to attain knowledge and insight that prepares pilgrimages to unknowable destiny of (destination; take the etymological meanings of that given nomenclature) we travel perhaps with intentions. Move is a relative term. A terminal to in a weigh station brightens and increases value by appreci ...more
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Tonya
Jan 27, 2020 rated it did not like it
Smug Church for the eyes. No bueno.
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Jun 25, 2012 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
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