{L'Alchimista} "I cry for Narcissus" (said the lake), "but I never realized he was beautiful. I cry for Narcissus because, every time he lay down on my banks, I could see his beauty reflected in the depths of his eyes." {"Io piango per Narciso" (disse il lago), "ma non mi ero mai accorto che fosse bello. Piango per Narciso perché, tutte le volte che lui si sdraiava sulle mie sponde, io potevo vedere riflessa nel fondo dei suoi occhi la ma bellezza."} The Alchemist is perhaps Coelho's best known novel. The teaching that comes from this spiritual and magical fable is that you have to learn to listen to your heart. The Alchemist is the story of an initiation. The protagonist is Santiago, a young Andalusian shepherd boy who embarks on an adventurous journey that, through the North African desert, will take him to the Egypt of the Pyramids. During this journey Santiago meets the old Alchemist who will make him rediscover courage, confid...
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