The Alchemist

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Paulo Coelho, Alan R. Clarke: The Alchemist (2014, HarperCollins Publishers)

208 pages

Published 2014 by HarperCollins Publishers.

ISBN:
978-0-06-231500-7
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Timeless Story

3 stars

There's just something about this story that feels so timeless, classical, and eternal. Everything is so allegorical, metaphorical, symbolic, and polysemic and I can't help but feel this is the kind-of book that should be re-visited serveral times throughout one's life. The only thing that brings it down somewhat, for me, is the occasionally confusing writing style. I'm sure this is most likely my fault and that I wasn't paying enough attention but there was a few times where the author jumped into a past story with little indication. The result of this was an overflow of confusion as to where the characters were and what they were doing.

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