THIS IA A MAGICAL STORY OF SANTIAGO, AN ANDALUSIAN SHEPHERD BOY WHO YEARNS TO
TRAVEL IN SEARCH OF A WORLDY TREASURE
AS EXTRAVAGUNT AS ANY EVER FOUND.
ROM HIS HOME IN SPAIN HE JOURNEYS TO THE MARKETS OF TANGIERS AND INTO THE
EGYPTIAN DESERT, WHERE A FATEFUL ENCOUNTER WITH THE ALCHEMIST AWAITS HIM.
THIS STORY TEACHES US, AS ONLY FEW CAN, ABOUT THE ESSENTIAL WISDOM OF
ISTENING TO OUR HEARTS, LEARNING TO READ THE OMENS STREWN ALONG LIFE'S PATH
AND ABOVE ALL FOLLOWING OUR DREAMS.