Santiago, a shepherd in Andalusia, follows a recurring dream toward the Egyptian pyramids, and Paulo Coelho builds the rest of the novel around what that journey costs him.
Told as a fable rather than a realist novel, the story moves through markets, deserts and encounters with strangers who each push Santiago toward what Coelho calls a Personal Legend. At 172 pages in this Harper paperback it is short enough to finish in one sitting, and the plainness of the language is deliberate, leaving readers to supply meaning rather than being handed it.
How it holds up:
• A fable-style narrative following one shepherd's journey
• Themes of purpose, omens and persistence running throughout
• A compact 172 pages that can be read at a single sitting
• Plain prose that has travelled well across many translations
Picked up by readers new to literary fiction, by book clubs and by returning rereaders, published by Harper and available at Boipoka.
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