8vo. Original navy blue cloth; dust jacket.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. The Alchemist was written after Coelho saw a white feather in a shop window and interpreted this as a sign from God that it was time to begin writing a book; Coelho famously completed it within a span of two weeks, later commenting that the story was "already written within my soul." The Alchemist has since sold over 150 million copies worldwide.