A young and adventurous Andalusian shepherd, Santiago, is troubled by recurring dreams. He always has this dream when sleeping under a tree that grows out of theruins of a certain church.
He is then forced to seek treasure that a child in his dreams tells him about, this treasure is at the Egyptian pyramids.
On his journey to find this treasure he meets a gypsy woman who interprets his dream, he also meets a man by the name of Melchizedek, an old magician.
On his journey to find this treasure he meets a gypsy woman who interprets his dream, he also meets a man by the name of Melchizedek, an old magician.
Later forced to sell his flock in pursuit of his dreams, he Tangier, as instructed by the old magician. He meets a lot of other characters who help him find this treasure. And even meets the love of his life, he encounters many challenges where he has to make sacrifices and gather strength when it seems impossible for him to get his dream.
The book is isnpiring to all who have dreams and teaches life lessons on how to pick yourself up when the odds seems to be against you. A good read and definitely a 'can't it down' book. Paulo Coelho is the one.
The book isn't so expensive probably around R120-R140 at Exclusive Books.
