The Alchemist

I went to the camp where I first saw this book for a cookout yesterday.  When I discovered it I read it through in an afternoon.  Coelho is good in translation and makes me want to learn Portugese to read him in the original. 

The Alchemist is still my favorite work, although I also like Veronika and The Road.  Truly a gifted writer, although I didn't like his more recent work as much. 

The Alchemist

I picked this up at a friend's parent's camp house and read it cover to cover in four hours.  It isn't so much the ideas as the images that he manages to insert into your consciousness without you being fully aware of it.  I've read everything? he's written that has been translated.  Good, thoughtful material, but his most recent didn't resonate as much as his earlier books.