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  <title>The Pilgrimage</title>
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    <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Sat Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[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 chord and I'm sure it will in others. Altogether an easy read that inspires and teaches in an unassuming way.]]></body>
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