The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom
 

The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom

by Paulo Coelho

Here Paulo Coelho details his journey across Spain along the legendaryroad of San Tiago, which pilgrims have travelled since Middle Ages. On this contemporary quest, he encounters a Chaucerian variety of mysterious guides and devilish opponents and learns to understand the nature of truth through the simplicity of life. The Pilgrimage holds an important place in Paulo Coelho's literary... (read more)

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Nik
  • Rated 4 stars

Humans + Nature + Miracles + Divinity = Heaven! And Paulo balanced this equation by reminiscing his odyssean pilgrimage in which he felt resurrected and had witnessed all the things in life with his soul in a new light and experienced the true magic of life. Ethereal read!

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gayathri l
  • Rated 1 stars

Right after "the Alchemist", i plunged straight into this book.. but i was totally disappointed.. I had to struggle to finish the book.. once i even i dozed off in between.. And GOD i dunno wat to say of those silly exercisess.. dumb to the core.. i dunno wats that am supposed to learn from them.... finally to my relief i finished the book off ( of course omitting the exercises)...

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  • Rated 3.636183 stars
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  • Rated 4.416667 stars
 

Newest Comments

  • Joann

    joann said:

    has anyone read this book

    posted Monday, May 19 2008 ( | view 3 replies )
  • Bia A

    bia a said:

    Lots of symbolism........a journey that is in itself the destination

    posted Wednesday, March 19 2008
  • aarthilal

    aarthilal said:

    The first best-selling author Paulo Coelho is distributing for free his works on his blog: http://www.paulocoelhoblog.com
    The full edition of The Pilgrimage is online for free till the 10th of April.
    On the next months, Paulo is going to have full editions online of all his titles published in English.

    posted Friday, March 14 2008
  • Almas

    almas said:

    But I would say.. Good Book!! ;)

    posted Sunday, March 9 2008
  • ronak v

    ronak v said:

    the story of people who reach for something but they dont know why

    posted Thursday, February 28 2008
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