The Pilgrimage

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: "The Pilgrimage" is disappointing fiction of tall tales, self-help tips, non-sequiturs, and mumbo-jumbo, a "Twinkie" for spiritual seekers. Coelho makes uses the camino de Santiago as a backdrop for "Dungeons and Dragons" episodes that have only a spurious relation to this wonderful pilgrim road. The "Tradition," mysterious links to orders of knights, encounters with devils and a devilish dog, excercises giving mysterious powers, and other fancies mark the narrator's journey on to find his magic sword. Coelho's quirks are legion and distracting. For example, the the road to Santiago becomes the "Strange Road to Santiago," and Santiago becomes San Tiago. "The Pilgrimage" merits the criticisms that I heard along the camino last year from Brazilians and French pilgrims. There's plenty of wonder and mystery in walking the road, as there is in everyday life, without having to resort to the literary posturing that characterizes this book. Read it and see if you can figure out why it sells so well.

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Summary: The book which will assist you play the game of life.
Review: An insightful journey. If there is something missing in your life, this book is it

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Summary: Golden Medal of Galicia
Review: As anyone who reads newspapers know, Paulo Coelho will receive on the 25th of July, the day of St. James, the Golden Medal of Galicia, one of the most important awards of Spain. This award is due to his honest and sincere book, "The Pilgrimage", which lead several persons to walk through El Camino. The fact that he is honest enough to tell that he did the last 150 kms by bus, it is, in my opinion, something that we should praise instead of criticize. This book is far better than "The Alchemist" because it deals with the Good Fight. Please read this book first, if you are interested in Paulo COelho's work.

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Summary: Wow Wow Wow
Review: Awesome - These are inspired words relevant to each and every human being on earth. People should be forced to read this stuff.

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Summary: make your own path
Review: Being the pilgrim of your own path is what it's all about. The path doesn't have to be a holy one. Find yourself a path and try to follow it...see if you can do it. It's not that easy. If you read the Pilgrimage, you will learn so many different ways in which to view life. There is a brighter side to everything even though it's very hard to see.

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Summary: Just fantastic...
Review: Dear friends readers who just bought or want to buy this book, I think it is worth to read it even twice and have it in your home library. It can really change your view to life, peace, love, passion, belief...Enjoy.

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Summary: Silvia Guzman: Montebello Adult School
Review: Dear Readers, I read the book,"The Pilgrimage," the book was great and very interesting. I imagine how Paulo felt when he traveled the road to Santiago de Compostela, many good and bad things happened to him. I think he was lucky to find a good guide such as Petrus. He could learn many things from Petrus. To me the most interesthing parts were the RAM exercises, I'm practicing these exercises and they're helping me to have control with myself. I give my congratilations to Paulo for his grand courage.

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Summary: THE BOOK OF THE LIFE
Review: First I want to say that it was great to read this book because I learned something new and its very important for me. This book is too diferent and the others books that I read because all the time gave advices but this book it was different because when I was reading and I finished each chapter I analyzed everything and the same time I remembered something important in my life. The best thing that I learned in this book is that we still our goals, we need to make effort, to have time and the principal faith in God and we are going to do it. Also, it was great to gave a opinion in different ways like love, death, enthusiasm, marriage, etc. I guess that we always need to express what we feel in everything I mean, we need to say everything that we think,want,etc.

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Summary: A ridiculous tale with a ridiculous "spiritual" content.
Review: How could anyone take this book seriously? It is an insult to those who seek refuge in literature to find such a pastiche of old oriental tales, borrowed and destroyed by the shallow prose of its author. Dont buy it.

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Summary: The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom
Review: I absolutely loved this book. I agree that it is very mystical and that it might turn off some readers, however if people get past that, I think they will enjoy it. As for the criticism, that some reviewers have expressed over Paulo Coelho not finishing the Pilgrimage, I don't think that has any bearing on the book. He is talking of his own spiritual journey. The walk changed his life and I believe that is what he is trying to express in the book. If he inspires people to do the walk, then that is enough praise. I read this book over 5 years ago and am planning to do the walk this year, September of 2000.