The famous Brazilian novelist and writer Paulo Coelho recalled the memories of writing his novel "The Alchemist", which revolves around the story of a young Spanish shepherd named Santiago on a journey around a treasure buried in the pyramids. Novelist Paulo Coelho published a picture of him on his personal Twitter account, in which he appears in front of the pyramids. It dates back to 1987, and sends a letter expressing his love for the novel related to the ancient Egyptian civilization.
And the famous novelist Paulo Coelho appeared, wearing the Arabic headband and standing in front of the Great Sphinx, and commenting: "Egypt in 1987. The alchemy story was already written in my soul, but I did not know it, and on the night of this picture, I went deep into the desert, and I saw a vision." .
The Alchemist is a symbolic novel written by Paulo Coelho, first published in 1988, and tells the story of the young Spanish shepherd, Santiago on his journey to fulfill his dream, which was repeated more than once, which revolves around a treasure buried in the pyramids in Egypt and behind this dream, Santiago went to meet on his journey excitement, opportunities Humiliation, luck and love. And he understands life from another perspective, which is the spirit of the universe.
Critics have praised this novel and classified it as one of the masterpieces of contemporary literature, and the writer was inspired by the plot of the story from Borges' short story The Tale of Two Dreamers.
The alchemy novel was translated into 81 languages, which made it enter the Guinness Book of Records for the most translated book by a surviving author, of which 210 million copies were sold in more than 170 countries, making it one of the best-selling books throughout history.