The Alchemist

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The Alchemist is an internationally bestselling philosophical novel by Paulo Coelho that follows a young shepherd’s spiritual journey in search of his personal legend.

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instanceOf allegorical novel
novel
philosophical novel
adaptedAs comic book
musical
theatrical play
author Paulo Coelho
awarded Guinness World Record for most translated book by a living author
centralConcept Language of the World
Maktub
Soul of the World
countryOfOrigin Brazil
genre adventure fiction
philosophical fiction
quest novel
hasCharacter Fatima
Melchizedek
The Alchemist self-linksurface differs
surface form: the Alchemist

the Crystal Merchant
the Englishman
Jebus
surface form: the King of Salem
hasMotto When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
hasSoldOver 65 million copies
isBestsellerIn international markets
literaryForm parable
mainCharacter Santiago
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor simple, parable-like style
spiritual and inspirational message
originalLanguage Portuguese
originalTitle The Alchemist self-linksurface differs
surface form: O Alquimista
protagonistOccupation shepherd
publicationYear 1988
publisher Rocco
setting Andalusia
Sahara Desert
Spain
Tangier
targetAudience general readership
theme alchemy
destiny
following one’s dreams
omens
personal legend
self-discovery
spiritual journey
translatedInto more than 80 languages

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