I'm not a big reader, quite the contrary, I am more the type to play on my pc all night or skateboarding than reading a book. But ... people told me about this book in my surroundings, so one day I took it on the shelf and I began the first chapter. Strangely, I have not managed to let go until you have finished! This book speaks to me, I took his philosophy for me and I have shaped my life according to its principles. There are also a lot of poetry in the alchemist. In the end, this book changed me, he put me on a path I had no idea, but he did not reconcile with reading ;-)