Kuziva tsanangudzo yakajeka yaPaul Coelho, vanoda kuratidza kuti munyori haana kusika chinhu chipi zvacho chitsva, asi anongororazve zvinyorwa zvisiri nyore. Asi, zvisinei izvi zvingadaro, nhoroondo yemunyori uyu inofadza chaizvo. Uye kuti pane zvisingatauri, nhoroondo yake yeupenyu hupenyu ine nguva dzinodzidzisa. Saka, nhoroondo yemunyori yakatanga kupi? Chii ichocho, nhoroondo yakajeka yehupenyu hwake? Ndiani iye, uyu Coelho, ane nheyo dzakashandurirwa mumitauro makumi mashanu nembiri yenyika. Chii chinoita kuti vaverengi vaPauro vagone? Sei mabhuku aCoelho achionekwa sechitendero? Zvakaitika sei kuti nhasi munyika muno vakatengesa mabhiriyoni makumi mashanu nemashanu mabhuku Pauro?
Uyu munyori akaberekerwa muRio de Janeiro. Ichi chiitiko chakaitika kumaiva kure 1947. Baba vake vaiva injini, asi kunyange semwana, Pauro akanga atova kurota kuva munyori. Zvinosuruvarisa, panguva iyoyo munyika iyo yaityisidzira kutonga kwehondo. Zvadaro vanyori zvakajeka vakanga vasina kukosha. Pane zvakasiyana, ivo vaifungidzirwa sevanokanganisa uye vakashandisa zvinodhaka. Saka, apo makore gumi nemanomwe Pauro akanyatsofunga nezvezvaaida kunyora, vabereki vake vakamutumira kuchipatara chepfungwa. Saka vaida kumudzivirira kubva pakutambudzwa kwezviremera uye, zvichida, kuchinja pfungwa dzake. Asi Pauro aisazoenda kurarama sezvaidiwa nemitemo yenguva iyoyo. Nokudaro, akasiya chipatara ndokuva hippie. Panguva iyoyo, Pauro aigara achiverenga chimwe chinhu, uye akanga asina kunyanya kunetseka pamusoro pezvaaiverenga. Pakati pemabhuku akawira mumaoko ake, akanga ari weLenin uye Bhagavad-gita. Zvadaro, mushure mechinguva, Coelho anosarudza kuvhura magazini yake pasi pevhu uye anoitumidza kuti "2001". Mune magazini ino, zvinyorwa zvakasiyana-siyana zvakanyorerwa kuzvipingamupinyi zvine chokuita nekunamata, kutenda nevamwe vazhinji. Asi, mupfumi uye mukurumbira Pauro akanga asiri nekuda kwemashoko ake, asi nekuda kweiyo nziyo dzake. Panguva iyoyo akanga achigadzira magwaro einarchic nziyo dzakaitwa neBrazil Jim Morrison - Raul Sejas. Izvo zvaive nekuda kwekuti Coelho akave akakurumbira semunyori wenziyo, akakwanisa kutanga kuwana mari yakasarudzwa uye akararama nevanhu. Asi, hongu, Pauro akanga asiri kuzomira ipapo. Akaramba achizviedza pachake semunyori, semunyori wenhau, uye semutambo wemutambo. Zvinosuruvarisa, hurumende yekudzvinyirira ichiri kushanda munyika. Nokudaro, zviremera zvakasarudza kuti ndima dzaCoelho dzakasununguka, naizvozvo, akasungwa uye akatumirwa kujeri. Ikoko akatambudzwa uye akaputsa kuda kwaCoelho. Nokudaro, anosarudza kuti kurwisana kwake hakuna maturo, uye iwe unofanirwa kuva wakafanana nevamwe vose, kurarama hupenyu hwehupenyu, uye kwete kutambura kuburikidza nejeri. Nokudaro, Coelho anosiya zvisikwa uye anotanga kushanda paC Records Records. Asi, rimwe zuva, vanongomupisa, pasina kunyange kutsanangura chero chikonzero.
Mushure mokunge, Pauro anosarudza zvakare kuchinja chimwe chinhu uye anoenderera mberi. Paanenge ari muAmsterdam, saka, pangozi, inowira muhurongwa hweKaturike, hwave huripo kubvira muna 1492. Izvi zviri munharaunda iyi apo Coelho anotanga kufunga pamusoro pezvichazogara zvichinyora mumabhuku ake-pamusoro pezviratidzo uye zviratidzo. Maererano netsika, iyo inowanikwa muAri, Pauro anoenda rwendo. Anofanira kuita pilgrimage mumugwagwa, makiromita makumi masere kubva kure, uye kusvika kuSantiago de Compostella. Yaiva rwendo urwu rwakatsanangurwa mubhuku rake rokutanga, iro rinonzi "Puregrimage". Nguva pfupi mushure meiyo, kana kuti panzvimbo yegore, nyika yakaona bhuku rakasiyana-siyana uye rakakosha Coelho - "Alchemist". Iri bhuku rakanga risina maturo, iro rinotaurwa kunyange muGuinness Book of Records. Zvakakosha kuziva kuti mamwe makopi eAlchemist akatengeswa munyika kupfuura chero rimwe bhuku mune rechiPutukezi.
"Alchemist" yakabudiswa munyika dzakawanda, kufadza vanhu nekuvapa tariro. Unhu hwakadaro hwakakurumbira saMadonna naJulia Roberts vakayemura bhuku uye munyori uyo akakwanisa kuumba zvakadaro, asi yakadaro yakanakisisa. Vakawanda iye zvino vanoti Coelho anongororazve pfungwa dzevamwe vanhu nemashoko ari nyore. Asi, kana iwe uchifunga kudaro, hafu yevadzidzi vekare vakanyorazve pfungwa dzevamwe vanhu, nokuti zvose zvavakataura zvatove zvataurwa nevazivi vekare nevasayendisiti. Zvinyorwa, bhuku re "Alchemist", harisi kungoungana kwemafilosofi uye kwete nhau dzemazuva ose. Iri bhuku rinotaura nezvemashiripiti uye zviratidzo zvakasiyana-siyana izvo mumwe nomumwe wedu anogona kuona muupenyu uye anotenda mavari, asi kwete munhu wese anoda, achifunga kuti ibenzi uye haina. Zvechokwadi, bhuku iri harisi runyanzwisisiro rwemafirosofi. Asi, nokuda kwaro nyore, nekuda kwekutarisira kunoonekwa mumitsara yose, vanhu, pavanoiverenga, usangotarisa mumitsara. Vanotanga kutenda mune zvakanakisisa, pakuti vanogona kuzvimiririra kuchinja upenyu hwavo uye kuita pane zviri kuitika kune avo.
Mushure mokunge "Alchemist" Coelho yakabudisa mabhuku akawanda anofadza anodzidzisa vanhu nzira yekurarama munyika ino uye kuti vangaramba sei. Muna 1999, Coelho akagamuchira kambani yeCriststal Award. Akakodzerwa nekuzivikanwa kwakadaro, nokuti akakwanisa kubatanidza vanhu vakasiyana-siyana uye tsika dzakasiyana nesimba rezwi, simba re mabhuku ake. Mabhuku akadaro se "Veronica anosarudza kufa", "Maminitsi gumi nerimwe", "Dhiyabhorosi naSenorita prim" vakasiyana, mukurumbira wavo. Vakawanda vanoiverenga vakafadzwa nemifananidzo iyo Coelho inoudza vaverengi vake.
Kusvika iye zvino, Coelho akatungamirira mapurisa akawanda mumapepanhau akasiyana-siyana anobva munyika dzakasiyana, ayo ave achizivikanwa nevadzidzi. Uyezve, akanyorera hurukuro dzakawanda dzezvinyorwa zvakasiyana-siyana zvakakosha. Achiyeuka kuti kana achinge asarudza kurega kunyora, Pauro anozvitora zvouzivi. Mushure mezvose, dai yakanga isati yakasungwa, kana isati yadzingwa, zvichida haazombofi akaenda kuAmsterdam uye haana kunzwisisa zvinorehwa nemashiripiti uye zviratidzo. Uye yaizogadzira mapurogiramu emabhuku, kwete avo vakanyatsokonzera vanhu uye vakashandura mafungiro avo.