Reading this book is like going on a spiritual journey. It makes you reconsider the world and how you should live within it. It makes you take another look at the approach you take to travel through your life. Alongside this philosophical discovery runs a simple yet mesmerising plot about a young shepherd boy undertaking his own journey. Delightful and magical, a true pleasure to read.
From the back:
This is the story of Santiago, an Andulsian shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world in search of a treasure as extravagant as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the exotic markets of Tangiers and then intgo the Egyptian desert, where a fateful encounter with the alchemust awaits him.
