With the central theme of spiritual truth and wisdom, The Alchemist always seems to garner a spectrum of reactions.
You’ll either endear or despise ' The Alchemist' where the central theme is on spiritual truth/wisdom. Some choose to say it’s about taking risks to follow your dream while a group of others are inclined to refute by saying that it encourages a single-minded pursuit of something for selfish reasons. A quick note that the Alchemist is an international bestseller; with more than 65 million copies in 56 different languages having been sold; setting the Guinness World Record for being the most translated book by a living author, Paulo Coelho.
