I picked up this book in Borders. It wasn't the book I'd chosen for this week, but I thought I could have a flick through. I ended up reading the entire book there. Sat in the coffee shop with a mug of peppermint tea, completely engrossed, occasionally nibbling on my home made egg mayo sandwich, with occasional furtive glances towards anyone watching...
This is a magical book. A book where omens are real, where signs can be interpreted in the movement of hawks swirling in the sky, and a kiss can be carried from across the dessert on the wings of the wind! This is exactly how Paulo Coelho makes you feel; you want to use poetic, floaty language- it's brilliant!
The story is of a young boy on a journey to realising and fulfilling his destiny. Along the way he learns the universal language, faces tremendous obstacles, falls in love and is sought out by an alchemist who helps him realise what was within him all along.
Coelho writes of deep spiritual concepts in simplistic yet beautiful language which makes this novel so very accesible.
"And when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to acheive it."
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