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published
May 1st 1995
(first published 1987)
by HarperSanFrancisco
binding
Paperback, 272 pages
setting
Spain
isbn
006251279X
(isbn13: 9780062512796)
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Here Paulo Coelho details his journey across Spain along the legendaryroad of San Tiago, which pilgrims have travelled since Middle Ages. On this cont
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Read in October, 2008
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What are you expecting other than a spiritual journey from this book? Well it is his journey across Spain's Road in order to find himself. Something that I've heard and seen in a movie [Darjeling Limited:] but I supposed I haven't had the chance to conduct it. Or I might have lacked a courage to begin it!
Of all the exercises he introduces, the Speed Exercise dumbfounded me. The minute I read the exercise, it reminds me to the regular road I have anytime I go and back from work. There...more
Of all the exercises he introduces, the Speed Exercise dumbfounded me. The minute I read the exercise, it reminds me to the regular road I have anytime I go and back from work. There...more
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Read in March, 2008
This is the 4th Paulo Coelho book I've read, and my least favorite so far. Not that there's anything wrong with it, per se, but I can definitely see his evolution as a writer from this, his 1st, and The Witch of Portobello, his most recent and one of my faves.
For me, this book was slower, less relatable (if only because very few people are on this kind of a mystical quest) and just less smoothly written overall. I also had a hard time sympathizing with the protagonist.
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For me, this book was slower, less relatable (if only because very few people are on this kind of a mystical quest) and just less smoothly written overall. I also had a hard time sympathizing with the protagonist.
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Started it but couldn't finish it, too long, quite boring, and if you read "The Alchemist" then you know how this one will go.
So, I don't intend to finish it. I'll save it's time for something else.
So, I don't intend to finish it. I'll save it's time for something else.
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Read in April, 2008
I enjoy every book by Paulo Cuelho that I've read (5 to date) and this one, his first, has touched me in tha same way the Alchemist did. Perhaps it's the common theme of searchig for a way a path a meaning and th efact that I can empathise strongly with the sentiment. The mysticism in some of the events of the journey, with hindsight, are a bit too far of a step for me personally but the whole journey of the pilgimage to Santiago and the learning and growth acheived by the author do strike a ch...more
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“A dazzing tale of the road traveled by ordinary people.” Coelho's book traverses the story and journey of a man (himself) learning to be extraordinary through the paradoxical beauty of simply understanding what is ordinary.
What struck me as I gobbled up this book in a mere afternoon was the easygoing cadence and accessibility of language that Coelho employs throughout his book; he doesn't try to dazzle you with vernacular or prose, it's simply inherent in the story itself. A...more
What struck me as I gobbled up this book in a mere afternoon was the easygoing cadence and accessibility of language that Coelho employs throughout his book; he doesn't try to dazzle you with vernacular or prose, it's simply inherent in the story itself. A...more
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Read in November, 2007
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I really hated this book. In fact, it is the second worst book I've ever read (first being the Voyage of Somebody the Sailor). The story made no sense, and key parts of it were left unexplained (what is RAM? what is The Tradition?). I suppose you might get some philosophical value from it, but I didn't really think any of it was earth-shattering or even worth a raised eyebrow. The only redeeming quality was that it was short and went quickly.
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it keeps me cool,sometimes i do those excersis abot play with water on a falt surface and even that one abot how a seed grow and i do it after that i feel wonderful, and we learn when we feel happiness that we touch difficulty and ....
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Read in November, 2007
88's November book club pick... my first true blech. Spiritual memoirs aren't really my kind of thing anyway, but this stilted hodgepodge of pop psychology and Da Vinci Code mysticism frustrated the hell out of me.
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Read in November, 2008
I am so very disappointed with this book.
Ok, I know it's a bit harh but though I haven't finished reading it..this book is (hmmm I'm trying to find a suitable word to describe it), ok..depressing.
I know the character in this book is on a spiritual journey to find himself, but dear God..I don't think he's that strong in character like other Paulo's character in his other books.
Just think,
if you are supposed to find the so called enlightment in your li...more
Ok, I know it's a bit harh but though I haven't finished reading it..this book is (hmmm I'm trying to find a suitable word to describe it), ok..depressing.
I know the character in this book is on a spiritual journey to find himself, but dear God..I don't think he's that strong in character like other Paulo's character in his other books.
Just think,
if you are supposed to find the so called enlightment in your li...more
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Read in July, 2009
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People who love watching slideshows of someone else's summer holiday...
I didn't finish it. Not because it's difficult or long but because it's just pap. Cover-to-cover pap. Hackneyed tripe. Air-inflated mysteriousness and banal oblique sentences with zero depth. It's like Casteneda without characters; Chaucer without subtlety or humour; Don Quixote without imagination. I skipped to the end and yes of course he finds his f'ing sword and he doesn't go bragging to his mates about it.
I haven't read any of his others and probably won't. Does he ever stop lec...more
I haven't read any of his others and probably won't. Does he ever stop lec...more
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Read in April, 2009
I have just finished "The Pilgrimage." I was moved to tears. My heart opened yet again. A great clarity comes when we forgive ourselves. For when we do, we will know what we will use our swords for. I was so touched, so lifted up by reading Señor Coelho's experience. I am so glad that he wrote it down and has shared his journey on "the strange road to Santiago," with the world. "The Pilgrimage" is a testament to fighting "the good fight" and to energetics...more
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Knyga, kuri yra geras ivadas i Paulo Coelho sukurta pasauli.
Daug zmoniu pradeda pazinti su situo autoriumi nuo Alchemiko. Tuo tarpu, Piligrimas yra pradzia, knyga-paaiskinimas, pasiruosimas Alchemikui, Veronikai, ir Zahirui.
Tik del to, kad sita knyga perskaiciau, kaip ne pirmaja, liko sioks toks pavirsutiniskumo jausmas, budingas pirmiesiems bet kokio kurejo darbams.
Papildomai, knyga atspindi Kastanedos "kelia". Bet kokia pazintis su Kastanedos "des...more
Daug zmoniu pradeda pazinti su situo autoriumi nuo Alchemiko. Tuo tarpu, Piligrimas yra pradzia, knyga-paaiskinimas, pasiruosimas Alchemikui, Veronikai, ir Zahirui.
Tik del to, kad sita knyga perskaiciau, kaip ne pirmaja, liko sioks toks pavirsutiniskumo jausmas, budingas pirmiesiems bet kokio kurejo darbams.
Papildomai, knyga atspindi Kastanedos "kelia". Bet kokia pazintis su Kastanedos "des...more
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Read in July, 2008
For me, this was a smooth read full of parables that highlight all that can be gained from belief structures in a world that can be confusing, noisy and, quite frankly, uninviting. Our narrator sets off on the Road to Santiago in order to claim a higher rank in his magical organization, but learns through his guide and the people he encounters that true faith is couched in how we view other people and respond to the world around us. This lesson is best learned in the myriad battles of will wit...more
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I am so very disappointed with this book.
Ok, I know it's a bit harsh but though I haven't finished reading it..this book is (hmmm I'm trying to find a suitable word to describe it), ok..depressing.
I know the character in this book is on a spiritual journey to find himself, but dear God..I don't think he's that strong in character like other Paulo's character in his other books.
Just think,
if you are supposed to find the so called enlightment in your life,...more
Ok, I know it's a bit harsh but though I haven't finished reading it..this book is (hmmm I'm trying to find a suitable word to describe it), ok..depressing.
I know the character in this book is on a spiritual journey to find himself, but dear God..I don't think he's that strong in character like other Paulo's character in his other books.
Just think,
if you are supposed to find the so called enlightment in your life,...more
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Prologue de Paulo Coelho
Il y a 10 ans, j’entrai dans une petite maison à Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, convaincu que je perdais mon temps. À cette époque, ma quête spirituelle était liée à l’idée qu’il existait des secrets, des chemins mystérieux, des gens capables de comprendre et de contrôler des choses défendues à la majorité des mortels. Ainsi, parcourir “le chemin des gens ordinaires” me semblait un projet sans intérêt.
Une partie de ma génératio...more
Il y a 10 ans, j’entrai dans une petite maison à Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, convaincu que je perdais mon temps. À cette époque, ma quête spirituelle était liée à l’idée qu’il existait des secrets, des chemins mystérieux, des gens capables de comprendre et de contrôler des choses défendues à la majorité des mortels. Ainsi, parcourir “le chemin des gens ordinaires” me semblait un projet sans intérêt.
Une partie de ma génératio...more
Read in April, 2001
recommends it for:
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پائولو کوئلیو، خالق رمان شگفت انگیز کیمیاگر، در سال 1986، سفری را به سوی سانتیاگوی کمپوستلا آغاز کرد که به شکوفایی روانی او انجامید و راهی را به سوی او گشود که بعدها میلیون ها خواننده اش را نیز در آن با خود ...more
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پائولو کوئلیو، خالق رمان شگفت انگیز کیمیاگر، در سال 1986، سفری را به سوی سانتیاگوی کمپوستلا آغاز کرد که به شکوفایی روانی او انجامید و راهی را به سوی او گشود که بعدها میلیون ها خواننده اش را نیز در آن با خود ...more
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Read in January, 2007
Paulo Coelho Le Pèlerin de Compostelle «A cette époque, ma quête spirituelle était liée à l'idée qu'il existait des secrets, des chemins mystérieux... Je croyais que ce qui est difficile et compliqué mène toujours à la compréhension du mystère et de la vie...» Lorsque, en 1986, Paulo Coelho entreprend le pèlerinage de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, il ne sait pas encore que de ce voyage il reviendra transformé. A son image, le héros de ce récit a péché par orgueil. Au terme ...more
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Read in February, 2009
This was my first read of Paulo Coelho. His writing is poetic and particularly good in conveying spirituality. The premise of this particular story did little for me, not being a Catholic or having much truck for the whole mystic society etc. However, there were some very interesting ideas about all sorts of issues in life, teaching etc. I'm now keen to read his other work.
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My favourite book by Coelho (I don't like all of his writing I admit). He's on the road to San Tiago, to find his sword, to find his belief. Even though he is on a road much travelled and mainly by Christians his story is unique and not only to the followers of his faith.
It is a book about the strength of belief, the struggle to find it, the devils on the road (here in the form of a nasty dog) and the reality of miracles. This book showed me that miracles are no gifts but take hard work t...more
It is a book about the strength of belief, the struggle to find it, the devils on the road (here in the form of a nasty dog) and the reality of miracles. This book showed me that miracles are no gifts but take hard work t...more
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