Paulo Coelho kept faith that The Alchemist would be successful. Coelho later wrote that his publisher told him, “This title will never sell more than 900 copies.” After that tiny first run, the book went out of print, and Coelho got to keep the rights to the novel. When a small Brazilian publisher took a chance on The Alchemist in 1988, it hedged its bets by only printing 900 copies. The book’s journey to becoming a commercial juggernaut almost reads like its own Coelho story. The writing may have been fast, but success came very slowly. The Alchemist was not an instant success. In 2009 the author explained to The Guardian’s Hannah Pool that he was able to write The Alchemist so quickly because, as he put it, “The book was already written in my soul.” 2.
Paulo Coelho only needed to weeks to write The Alchemist. Here are a few things you may not know about the literary blockbuster. Brazilian author Paulo Coelho’s allegorical novel of a Spanish shepherd has inspired millions of readers to set out searching for their own personal treasures.
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