Tuesday 16 March 2010

Airports make me read

Quite recently, I had that "lovely" experience of spending a whole day hanging out in an airport while waiting for a 2-hour flight, which eventually took longer than expected. Since we all have similar experiences, I made up my mind to devote to reading as an alternative weekend experience. That’s why, I had a book that I borrow from my working mate last week. So I had the certainty that I might enjoy reading on an uncomfortable chair of the airport, but above all this, I would discover a new world and stories to think about.
The Alchemist tells many different stories, all of the related to get a moral learning. AS the crystral-man, we all pursue an aim in life bit it´s up to us to dare to achieve it. So success is something we look for and we create those conditions for the good things to happen. Luck depends on what we do and think and intelligence is shown when we are happy and we don´t miss the good things of life in the pursuit of hapiness. Surely enjoyable.

The Alchemist is an allegorical novel by Paulo Coelho first published in 1988. It follows Santiago, a young shepherd who lives in Spain, on a journey to fulfill his Personal Legend and find his Treasure at the Pyramids in Egypt. It has been hailed as a modern classic. The plot is inspired by Jorge Luis Borges' short story: Tale of two dreamers.

Cultural influence: The advertiser, an Australian newspaper, published one of the first reviews of The Alchemist in 1993 saying "of books that I can recommend with the unshakable confidence of having read them and been entranced, impressed, entertained or moved, the universal gift is perhaps a limpid little fable called The Alchemist... In hauntingly spare prose, translated from the Brazilian original in Portuguese, it follows a young Andalusian shepherd into the desert on his quest for a dream and the fulfilment of his destiny." Since then, the novel has received nearly universal praise, making it to the top spot on best seller lists in 74 countries and winning prestigious awards in Germany and Italy. It has been called a "charming story," "a brilliant, simple narrative," and "a wonderful tale, a metaphor of life," from people in different places

Workshop : The Alchemist

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