To become immersed in the world of Santiago, the Alchemist's main character, is a come back to the origin of our dreams,
to what moved our being once, to that tenacious time in which even a soft breeze was reason enough to pursue the unreachable. In his story, the day to day story of any of us, in any time, in any place; the eternal dilemma of man confronting himself and struggling between the disturbing
desire to carry out his projects and the forces of fear -ever there- that tie him down, annihilate and defeat him. Perhaps, some haven't yet found the essential
truth of this book: its salvation message, full of love and trust for men, respect for his feelings and his freedom, and the vehement desire of a better fate for him on earth. The truth is this book seduces and reliefs the heart of those who share the same longing and the same worries, of those who live life looking for a new and true meaning for our existence so it doesn't die out in dispair's lethargy and tiredness. To read it is to finally find the place where our yeranings' ship ran aground; to hold on to our longings' rope; to fill the infinite voide of "can't"; to hold on to hope and scare away forgetfulness. If we ever go astray, these pages contain enough reasons to start the path of conquest: we can be in charge of our own lives; to hold on to what we've achieved can seem safer but life will make sure to remind us "the dream" was buried forever. We must not yield in our pursuit of a purpose, because we don't know how certain is that we achieve it, nor how close we are to get it!