Paulo Coehlo is a Brazilian writer from Rio de Janeiro who made the big time with book, The Alchemist, which quickly became a New Age classic due to its theme of spiritual search and the language of the universe. Think Tom Robins mixed with Richard Bach then diluted in rose water and laminated.

The Alchemist is a lot better than some of his other books, though, which contain enough spiritual platitudes to fill the walls of any middle class spiritually-aspiring home. Oddly enough, the central plot of The Alchemist is taken from an old Middle Eastern story about a man who dreams of treasure in a far off land only to meet someone there who had the same dream – but that the treasure was buried under the first guy’s house.

Paulo Coehlo writes in English on his Twitter feed and Tweets about his books and writing ideas. His Twitter bio says it all: I’m a writer and a warrior of light.

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