A magical little volume. -San Francisco Chronicle


Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book.

The Alchemist is the story of Santiago, an Audalusian shepherd boy who travels in search of a worldly treasure. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist.

The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the ...