Hukama huri pakati pemabhaisikopo nemabhuku hwakanga husiri humwe hwezvakanakisa. Mazhinji emabhuku makuru akazounzwa pahwindo guru, haana kuenderana nekugadzirisa kwawo. Muenzaniso wakanaka unogona kuva "Zita reRose" naHumberto Eco, iyo, yakagadzirwa mufirimu naJean Jacques Arnoud muna 1986, yaiva fiasco yakaenzaniswa nebhuku.
Zvino, uye pashure pemakore akati wandei makuhwa, pakupedzisira mutambi uye mutungamiriri Laurence hove yakazivisa kuti bhuku rinonzi "The Alchemist" naBrazilian Paulo Coelho richava neshanduro yefirimu. Fishburne achatungamira uye akanyora zvakare script.
"The Alchemist" yakabudiswa muna 1988 uye yakatengesa makopi anopfuura mamiriyoni makumi mana. Bhuku racho rinotaura nyaya yejaya rinoshuva kuwana pfuma yakavanzwa mumapiramidhi eEgipita. Iyo nyaya yakafemerwa zvakanyanya na "Siddhartha", iyo novel naHermann Hesse, kunyangwe nemhedzisiro yakaderera.