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Old 03-14-2011, 07:40 PM   #1
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Just read The Alchemist (in paper form - sorry) tonight. I realise that I'm one of the last people in the known universe to have read it but I can see why it has been so popular. A tale simply told, hardly an adjective in sight and yet completely enthralling. I suppose it's a lesson for all would be authors - the story's the thing.
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Is that the book by Paulo Coelho, I really like that book too. Taught it in my 9th grade English class.
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Yes, that's the one. A lot of people go overboard about it and speak of a spiritual experience but generally I thought it was good wee book that took me back to my childhood in 1001 Arabian Nights sort of a way.
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I don't usually read novels, but self help or computer books. Finished this book today (Spanish version) and I was impressed! What a moving book!

I can't believe I have not read this book before. It was very profound. Planning to read it again at a very low pace this time.
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You may also wish to try "The Magus," by John Fowles.



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Fowles book over the Alchemist any day of the week.... The Alchemist just didn't do it for me....though I can see why some like it..
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Fowles book over the Alchemist any day of the week.... The Alchemist just didn't do it for me....though I can see why some like it..
Well, I found the Alchemist extremely simple and easy to read. May be the reason why some don't find it really good?

I read in Spanish, by the way. Translations can alter content some times.

Thanks for your opinion.
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This is a very early novel by Fowles. He later revised it, but I've only read the original, published around 1965. (I'm too lazy to actually check. )

It's one of those novels that, if one encounters at a certain age, has a profound effect.

I've never forgotten this novel and plan to go back and re-read it.

I would suggest reading a few chapters to see if it grabs you. If it does, then you might not be able to put it down.



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Don,

I checked that novel (Kindle version) and found nothing . Are you aware or the ebook version or if we can find it on Amazon?
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I checked that novel (Kindle version) and found nothing . Are you aware or the ebook version or if we can find it on Amazon?


I think I saw it on Amazon UK some time ago. What prompted me to mention it (and without checking - sorry for not doing that) is the association of The Alchemist with the The Magus.

I may have also seen a blurb reference to Fowles book when The Alchemist first came out.

I'll go and check to see if it's available from Amazon UK.

ADDED: It looks like Amazon UK has a whole HOST of titles available for the Kindle.

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I bought, El Peregrino de Compostela instead. I did not find the one you suggested :-(

I am in USA so I don't have access to Amazon UK.

But I would love to read the one you mentioned. If its on Kindle format , even better.
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I'm from the U.S., as well.

I found myself searching for some Fowles and couldn't seem to get any.




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Well, I found the Alchemist extremely simple and easy to read. May be the reason why some don't find it really good?

I read in Spanish, by the way. Translations can alter content some times.

Thanks for your opinion.
Actually, I will withhold my real opinion of the book. I have read many books in Spanish too... But As far as I know the writer's first language is Portuguese. Yes very similar but a little different... Jorge Amado...much better writer IMO. Maybe he has a better book out there... would like to give it a go.. but, I found the Alchemist weak....
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Actually, I will withhold my real opinion of the book. I have read many books in Spanish too... But As far as I know the writer's first language is Portuguese. Yes very similar but a little different... Jorge Amado...much better writer IMO. Maybe he has a better book out there... would like to give it a go.. but, I found the Alchemist weak....
Well, is an easy read, agree, but was a book that somehow changed my life a bit or made me reconsidered my vision of life.

I see you're from Japan. May I ask you who taught you Spanish? Both languages are totally different.
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