After meeting a man who tells him he should follow his dream he sets out on a quest to discover his destiny. One evening, he has a reoccurring dream that he will find a treasure near the Pyramids in Egypt. He decides to become a shepherd because it allows him to travel, and he has always wanted to see new places and meet new people. The Alchemist is the story of a boy named Santiago who lives in Spain. Like the description says, it is about a shepherd who follows his dreams, and yet it’s so much more. It’s so packed with meaningful sentences, that I’d often find myself rereading them several times to contemplate them fully. The book itself is short, and the language is simple, but I wouldn’t call it an easy read. I picked it up, flipped through the pages and said, “Well, it’s on my list” and bought it. Luckily, there was one book in English that looked familiar. Thanks to the new restrictions about bringing your Kindle aboard a plan going through Abu Dhabi, I had no choice but to buy a real book for the sixteen-hour flight to New York.
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