Jun 17, 2006 01:28 AM
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Well, I need no introduction as many of u must be knowing me.For those who are newbies , I am harminder saini, harminder by name and saini by reputation.So what is so special about this book that made me to write a review on it? well leave apart the popularity of this book ( just view the number of reviews written on this book - it was 87 when I started to pen down and now its+1)
A formal introduction about the author :- Paulo Coelho - Brazilian
Feathers from his cap:- Veronika Decides to Die
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
The Devil and Miss Prym.
The alchemist
The Manual of the Warrior of Light
The Fifth Mountain
The Pilgrim'
Take a look at Paulo 's life at http://www.https://paulocoelho.com
Just look what the celeberities has to say :-
Julia Roberts said: 'It's like music, really, the way he writes, it's so beautiful. It's a gift that I envy above all others.'
Madonna said in an interview in the German magazine "Sontag-Aktuell": 'The Alchemist is a beautiful book about magic, dreams and the treasures we seek elsewhere and then find on our doorstep.
French government made him a 'Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur'
Now u know why he is revered all over the world!
In my words "He is one hell of a genious"
About The ALCHEMIST : The book ventures into the dreamland territory of human psychology ( pardon me if I misspell it ) where there is very subtle difference between reality and fiction.The dreamz every human dreams , me , u and everybody out there.some logical some illogical.Some of us can construe it, decode it and some of us couldnot.Yup thats the power of dream, the dream this boy dreamz ( the central character is a boy ) of finding a treasure. His tyrst with destiny as he follows the clues and directions his dreams show him and in his journey is assisted by factors based on intuition and beliefs.......The itinerant life teaches him some good examples.......in the end what happens, Is he successful in acheiving what he sought for or just vanishes and surrender to the treacherous and inexorable conditions...........i dont want to divulge the little boys secret, Its there in the book so get it and read for urself.......take my words" u wont repent spending 200-250 of urs or ur dad's money"
So What Makes this Book So Special?
Well its not easy to answer but after reading the book and suddenly a desire to write a review on it after 3 years................thats what makes it different from its batchmates! This book puts dreamz into words, things which everyone of us experience daily and ignore its meaning......every sign of nature has a hidden message, only those who can read between the lines are able to decode it........Dreamz are what U are!
That's a dreamy end...........Dreamz apart.................keep smiling:-)
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