COELHO, Paulo [Annie Dillard].
The Alchemist.
"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting": First Edition of The Alchemist; Inscribed by Paulo Coelho to Fellow Writer Annie Dillard
San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1993.
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First edition in English of Coelho's classic work, which has been translated into over 70 languages. Octavo, original half cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Annie, follow your dreams! Paulo Coelho." The recipient, fellow author Annie Dillard, has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 1974 work Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and her books have been translated into at least ten languages. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. From the collection of Annie Dillard with her ownership plate to the front pastedown. Jacket design by Michele Wetherbee. Translated by Alan R. Clarke. An exceptional association.
Paulo Coelho wrote The Alchemist in only two weeks in 1987. He explained he was able to write at this pace because the story was "already written in [his] soul." The book's main theme is about finding one's destiny. It tells the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist.The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, above all, following our dreams. Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever.
The Alchemist.
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