The Alchemist

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		The Alchemist
		The Alchemist

基本信息·出版社：Harpertorch
·页码：195 页
·出版日期：2006年10月
·ISBN：0061233846
·条形码：9780061233845
·版本：2006-10-01
·装帧：平装
·开本：32开 Pages Per Sheet
·外文书名：炼金术士

内容简介 Book Description
The Alchemist picked up a book that someone in the caravan had brought. Leafing through the pages, he found a story about Narcissus.

The alchemist knew the legend of Narcissus, a youth who knelt daily beside a lake to comtemplate his own beauty. He was so fascinated by himself that, one morning, he fell into the lake and drowned. At the spot where he fell, a flower was born, which was called the narcissus.

But this was not how the author of the book ended the story.

He said that when Narcissus died, the goddnesses of the forest appeared and found the lake, which had been fresh water, transformed into a lake of salty tears.

"Why do you weep?" the goddnesses askes.
"I weep for Narcissus," the lake replied.
"Ah, it is no surprise that you weep for Narcissus," they said, "for though we always pursued him in the forest, you alone could contemplate his beauty close at hand."
"But...was Narcissus beautiful?"the lake asked
"Who better than you to know that?" the goddness said in wonder."After all, it was by your banks that he knelt each day to contemplate himself!"

The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said:
"I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected."
"What a lovely story,"the alchemist thought.

Book Dimension
length: (cm)17.2 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)10.6
作者简介 Paulo Coelho is one of the best-selling and most influential authors in the world. The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage, The Valkyries, By the River Piedra I sat Down and Wept, The Fifth Mountain, Veronika Decides to Die, Eleven Minutes, The Zabir, and others have sold more that 65 million copies in 150 countries and have been translated into 60 languages.

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