Translated into over 50 languages and selling over 40 million copies worldwide, Paulo Coelho’s best known work really has a lot to live up to.
The work is clearly an allegorical novel; though the author does state in the foreword that he tried to put as much ‘Truth’ as possible into the story.
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Let me just preface this by saying that I really, really like this book. This was my sixth or seventh time through and I’m still finding things I’ve missed before or understanding some scenes in new ways.
That said, the discourse last night did highlight some of the issues with such an ambitious project that I’ve missed for some reason.
