After a wait of nine years, finally, I read this gem named ‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo Coelho. My reading journey began with two novels, when I was in 9th grade. The first one was Bram Stoker’s Dracula and the other was Paulo Coelho’s The Witch of Portobello. Then I came across Coelho’s one of the greatest works that is The Alchemist . My desire to read this book was otherworldly. I wanted this very book and struggled a lot to get it. It might seem bizarre but I found this book nowhere. I searched libraries, bookstores, even asked some of my friends but something was stopping me from reading it because either the novel was out of stock or sometimes unavailable, or sometimes out of budget. Then, there came a time when I was a non-reader for almost 5 years. Fortunately, in January this year, I bought this book and I was jumping with joy, but I couldn’t read it due to a busy schedule. I read it during lockdown (due to the pandemic) in June. One thing which was always there in my heart...
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