My first memory of “The Alchemist” was receiving the book during my confirmation from my Roman godparents Max and Anna Zamboni along with my dog, a pit bull puppy named Tupac. The esoteric and mystical purple paperback cover lured me in and once there, I was transported into a new mindset of life being about the journey and not necessarily the destination.
The cover played the same magic on me Bernie - when it was simply a photocopy of the artwork stapled to the paper manuscript. I kick myself now for not hanging on to that :)
The odd thing is I don't and it's such a wide time search, but I am sure it will come back to me, base metals to gold, the golden thread and all of that. 1990's was a long succession of books read but not kept and few lists, but it will have been then, was it in the UK then? I am certain I have read it, but could be mistaken.
Hi Joanne - I thought I was the only one with a memory haze from the '90s. We'll be rereading The Alchemist starting March 1st - so this is another chance to find the gold again...
My first memory of “The Alchemist” was receiving the book during my confirmation from my Roman godparents Max and Anna Zamboni along with my dog, a pit bull puppy named Tupac. The esoteric and mystical purple paperback cover lured me in and once there, I was transported into a new mindset of life being about the journey and not necessarily the destination.
The cover played the same magic on me Bernie - when it was simply a photocopy of the artwork stapled to the paper manuscript. I kick myself now for not hanging on to that :)
The odd thing is I don't and it's such a wide time search, but I am sure it will come back to me, base metals to gold, the golden thread and all of that. 1990's was a long succession of books read but not kept and few lists, but it will have been then, was it in the UK then? I am certain I have read it, but could be mistaken.
Hi Joanne - I thought I was the only one with a memory haze from the '90s. We'll be rereading The Alchemist starting March 1st - so this is another chance to find the gold again...