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"The Alchemist". That was recommended to me and seemed to be turning up on people's lists of "must reads", so I read it. When I finished, I wondered; did I get
by EliRivers 7y ago
"The Alchemist". That was recommended to me and seemed to be turning up on people's lists of "must reads", so I read it. When I finished, I wondered; did I get rickrolled? Was the book just a longform version of the sarcastic-meme-popular, trite message that the real treasure was <something he already had / where he already was / whatever, you get the point> all along?
- iCarrot 7y agoWorth noting is that The Alchemist was written in 1988. Maybe the idea was novel then? And many writers who had read it copied this idea and made it an overused trope.
- EliRivers 7y agoNot impossible, although it does seem to turn up on people's reading lists from this millenium and indeed, this decade.
- Infinitesimus 7y agoHa. I interpreted the Alchemist as "don't be afraid to follow your dreams even I the road seems hard". The ending just happened to take him back to where it started but I don't think that was the message. Another enjoyable book from Paulo is "The Manuscript in Accra"