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Like the one-time bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Alchemist presents a simple fable, based on simple truths and places it in a highly unique situation. And though we may sniff a bestselling formula, it is certainly not a new one: even the ancient tribal storytellers knew that this is the most successful method of entertaining an audience while slipping in a lesson or two. Brazilian storyteller Paulo Coehlo introduces Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who one night dreams of a distant treasure in the Egyptian pyramids. And so he's off: leaving Spain to literally follow his dream.
Along the way he meets many spiritual messengers, who come in unassuming forms such as a camel driver and a well-read Englishman. In one of the Englishman's books, Santiago first learns about the alchemists--men who believed that if a metal were heated for many years, it would free itself of all its individual properties, and what was left would be the "Soul of the World." Of course he does eventually meet an alchemist, and the ensuing student-teacher relationship clarifies much of the boy's misguided agenda, while also emboldening him to stay true to his dreams. "My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy confides to the alchemist one night as they look up at a moonless night.
"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself," the alchemist replies. "And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity." --Gail Hudson, Amazon.com Review
Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the city where he now lives. His own life has in many ways been as varied and unusual as the protagonists of his internationally acclaimed novels. Like them, Paulo Coelho has followed a dream in a quest for fulfillment. His own dream, to be a writer, met with frustration throughout much of his early adult life, a time in which he worked at various professions, some of them materially rewarding but spiritually unfulfilling. "I always knew," he says, "that my Personal Legend, to use a term from alchemy, was to write." He was 38 when he published his first book.
In 1970, after deciding that law school was not for him, he traveled through much of South America, North Africa, Mexico, and Europe. Returning to Brazil after two years, he began a successful career as popular songwriter. In 1974, he was imprisoned for a short time by the military dictatorship then ruling in Brazil. In 1980, he experienced one of the defining moments of his life: he walked the 500-plus mile Road of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain. On this ancient highway, used for centuries by pilgrims from France to get to the cathedral said to house the remains of St. James, he achieved a self-awareness and a spiritual awakening that he later described in The Pilgrimage.
Paulo Coelho once said that following your dream is like learning a foreign language; you will make mistakes but you will get there in the end. In 1988, he published The Alchemist, a novel that explores this theme, and it launched him as an international bestselling author. Specifically, Paulo Coelho is recognized for his powerful storytelling technique and the profound spiritual insights he blends seamlessly into his parables. Since then, The Alchemist has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been translated into some 41 languages. In addition to The Pilgrimage and The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho has written luminous novels about the different streams of our lives, including By The River Piedra I Sat Down & Wept, The Valkyries, The Fifth Mountain, and Veronika Decides to Die. A winner of numerous literary prizes, Paulo Coelho is also a prominent speaker for humanitarian causes. In 1999, he received a Crystal Award for Artistic Achievement at the Davos Economic Forum Conference.
喜歡書本最後作者對於書籍影視化的采訪,足以看齣保羅.柯艾略是個良心作傢。故裏頭主人公的經曆則是一場修行。
評分The heart's journey in a metaphorical way.
評分大愛他的書。
評分有象徵意義的書其實有點難讀,不是說書難懂,而是這種書對共鳴的需求。開始的部分有很多喜歡的地方,但是後半部分並不能說讓我覺得振奮人心。我想自己會不會受到激勵去追尋自己的destiny,首先還需要明白自己的destiny是什麼,這同樣是個巨大的難題。去wiki瞭destiny和fate的區彆,似乎有些懂瞭。我想destiny比fate更隱含瞭積極的意義,象徵的是光明的未來,是主動的去追尋,而fate仿佛是不可避免的歸宿,多少有瞭些悲劇色彩。也許有點跑題吧。中文版看瞭開頭,翻譯真是件苦差事,精準恐怕是永遠達不到的,style,風格。英文版雖然也是翻譯版,但是至少讀起來不像少兒讀物。看到中文版把baker翻譯成賣爆米花的,我很猶豫是不是要繼續讀中文版瞭。書很短,有興趣的讀英文版吧。
評分Life is generous to those who persue their destiny.
转载-牧羊少年奇幻之旅/Gina 这位前辈是台湾的资深芳疗师Gina,她同时有深厚的基督教知识背景。我正是看过她的这篇,才知道了这本书。把它转载在这里,只是希望,更多的人可以通过Gina前辈这些文字,更深了解那个牧羊少年的世界 There was a boy. 认识那个男孩的时候,我1...
評分想读这本书总是在一两年前吧。当时偶然看到苏学长的荐书,最后列的就是这本《牧羊少年的奇幻之旅》。在校内上跟他提起读他硕士论文后记时的感动,他说:巧了,当时正好在看这本书。那时候就把这本书记在心间了。 不大么见学长写随感,不过那篇后记却是我迄今为止读过...
評分是的,说得就是我。 很早很早以前,十多年前,在我还是个青春期的少女,漫友还是本严肃地介绍日本动漫的杂志时,有一位作者,我记不得是落落还是伊谢尔伦,写了篇有关剑风传奇的评论,评价格里菲斯时说:追求梦想的每一个时刻,都和神与永恒同在。梦中的白色高塔必须要牺牲很...
評分初读这本书的时候,以为只是个简单的童话般的故事罢了。 一切从一个牧羊少年遇到了一位王开始。 正如《圣经》里所说的那样: 摩西赶羊赶到旷野西边,到了上帝的山,就是何烈山。 …… 耶和华说:“现在你来,我要差你去见法老,把我的子民以色列人从埃及领出来。”...
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