The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom

The Pilgrimage paved the way to Paulo Coehlo's international bestselling novel The Alchemist. In many ways, these two volumes are companions--to truly comprehend one, you must read the other.

Step inside this captivating account of Paulo Coehlo's pilgrimage along the road to Santiago. This fascinating parable explores the need to find one's own path. In the end, we discover that the extraordinary is always found in the ordinary and simple ways of everyday people. Part adventure story, part guide to self-discovery, this compelling tale delivers the perfect combination of enchantment and insight.

作者簡介

保羅．科爾賀（Paulo Coelho）

　　1947年生於巴西里約熱內盧，很早就發現他對寫作的天賦。他被公認為我們這個世代最有影響力並最受讀者歡迎的作家之一。他的書已在全球銷售超過1億3千5百萬冊，行銷168個國家，並譯成73種語言。

　　他得過很多國際大獎，其中有他因《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》一書，而名列2009年金氏世界紀錄中同一本書被譯成最多國語言的作者。他從2002年起便是巴西文學院的一員，2007年並獲選為聯合國和平使者。

　　著有《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》、《朝聖》、《薇若妮卡想不開》、《魔鬼與普里姆小姐》、《愛的十一分鐘》、《生命戰士的智慧祕笈》、《波特貝羅女巫》、《贏家》等書。

　　保羅．科爾賀官方網站：www.paulocoelho.com

　 　Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1947. He has become one of the most widely read and loved authors in the world. Especially renowned for The Alchemist and Eleven Minutes, he has sold more than 100 million books worldwide and his work has been translated into 67 languages. The recipient of numerous prestigious international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum and France's Legion d'Honneur, Paulo Coelho was inducted into the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 2002. He writes a weekly column syndicated throughout the world.