The pilgrimage
Subtitle: a contemporary quest for ancient wisdom
By: Paulo Coelho ; translated by Alan Clarke.
Contributors: Clarke, Alan R.
Edition: 1st HarperFlamingo ed.
Publisher: HarperFlamingo
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Coelho, Paulo.; Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Spain -- Santiago de Compostela.
Work titles: Diário de um mago.
Description: Paulo Coelho details his journey across Spain along the legendary road of San Tiago, which pilgrims have travelled since the Middle Ages. He encounters a Chaucerian variety of mysterious guides and devilish opponents and learns to understand the nature of truth through the simplicity of life.
Notes: Originally published in Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro : Editora Rocco, c1987; and translated into English under the title: The diary of a magus. c1992.