What did you think of The Alchemist by Paolo Coehlo?

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I've just begun reading it. There is a clean, earnest simplicity to its progression. I just came across the first of what I imagine will be several quotes I will pull from it.

"If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own."

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I liked book so much that I read it in 3 languages 😂 reading in the two took me longer to finish...

The story progression might be simple, but the meaning to the reader is always different depending on what’s happening to them at that time in their life

DanielChristensen · 46-50, M

@SW-User That's so penetrating. We do see things inexorably through the lens of our own experience, perspective and situation.

I've often said that language is the shadow of a culture. As such, there are nuances that cannot be fully translated in each. I only speak English and a little Spanish, though.

How many languages do you speak?

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@DanielChristensen 2 fluently and another 2 just for slow reading

One of my fave Coelho book is Adultery and Zahir. I must have read Zahir more than 10x.... there is something to the story that makes me
think: “will I do that?” “How would feel fin that happed to me?”

DanielChristensen · 46-50, M

@SW-User This is my first of his books, but I found the simplicity of the story a beautiful vehicle for the wisdom it conveys

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@DanielChristensen Thank you for the BA! 🍻