"The Alchemist" - A must read book

Scene1:I was watching "Grand Master" in Vijay TV.(For ppl not seen it..humm... we could say its an interesting innovative program that's been shown in Vijay TV) First heard about Paul Coelho's Brazilian writer and also about his famous book The Alchemist in the program.The brief story line was described in the show in 2 lines as "Book about a boy who tries to find treasures which appeared in his dream". I was wondering this is like a child story and how could it be a best seller.

Scene2:I was just chatting with an online friend after couple of days of Scene1.She suggested me to read Paul Coelho's book and suggested Alchemist is very good one to start with.

Scene3:Interestingly and luckily for me ,my sis had the book in her collection and infact it was in my book rack for some time now but I did not notice the same until scene1 and scene2 happened.

I started the book at early morning 1:30 and completed the same in 3-4 hours.I can say with confidence,its one of the amazing book of fiction+philosophy, I have read in recenttimes.The story line is very simple,A Spaniard shepherd boy dreams about some treasures near pyramids of Egypt.He crosses the sea crosses the desert in search of it.The language usedby the book is amazingly simple but very powerful.The author appears to be "Master"and some of the words and lines bangs your heart and sticks to it.Each and every characterin the book stands out.No doubt that this book sold millions of copies across worldand considered as a "Modern Classic" by many.

Once done....I just checked with my friend and got couple ofbooks of Paul Coelho(The Valkyries and Zaheer).I am currently reading the former and it has already cemented my belief that the author is not an ordinary personbut could be a spritual'Master'..........I never imagined that a non-Indian could write such amazing spiritual,philosophy books.SO if you are an avid reader do not miss out Alchemist.