The Pilgrimage

本書為保羅．科爾賀第一本著作，作者於一九八七年，根據自己親身徒步830公里、歷時五十六天的「聖地牙哥朝聖之旅」經驗，寫下小說《朝聖》一書。 書中敘述作者旅行西班牙的過程，因著尋找個人力量、智慧及一把神奇的劍而接受的各種考驗。

On a legendary road across Spain, travelled by pilgrims of San Tiago, we find Paulo Coelho on a contemporary quest for ancient wisdom. This journey becomes a truly initiatory experience, and Paulo is transformed forever as he learns to understand the nature of truth through the simplicity of life.

The Pilgrimage has a very important place in the work of Paulo Coelho, not just because it is the first of his major books, after which came The Alchemist, but because of the complete way in which it expresses the humanity of Paulo’s philosophy and the depth of his search.