The Pilgrim

Story: The Pilgrim is a story that recounts Paulo in the first person. The story begins with himself, in an initiation ceremony as Master gentleman and a warrant magic known as RAM (Regnum, Agnus, Mundi = Rigor, Love, Mercy). At the point of being nominated, make a mistake and that's when all the effort of years as an apprentice of this order are wasted, and it is condemned by its maestres to find his sword (item graduation) in an old religious path called " The Strange Way de Compostela "in the northern part of Spain. This was the road from the French pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela where were the relics of St. James the Apostle. Then, prompted by the need to graduate as a Master, left Brazil and settled in the French town called St. Jean Pied-de-Port for opening the route, where it expects an Italian guide called Petrus, who, by orders of RAM Paulo serve as a spiritual guide by Route Jacobea. That's when the story really starts, because the path and walking with fellow Petrus, Paulo start to learn some exercises that as we go along toward Compostela, it is useful to follow his path. Within the story describes things extraordinary, mystical and supernatural, that help themselves with itself, its desires, and even with its internal demons.





Biography




Paulo Coelho (Rio de Janeiro, August 24, 1947) is a Brazilian novelist. Paulo Coelho was born into a middle class family and strong Catholic influence, in Rio de Janeiro, where he studied at a Jesuit college. In contrast to the strong discipline that was imposed, became rebellious, and the seventeen years, was interned three times in a psychiatric clinic. In the late 1960, joins the hippie movement, abandoning the studies in 1970 to make a trip to Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Mexico, as well as Europe and North Africa. Two years later he returned to Brazil and began to compose lyrics for songs, working alongside Raul Seixas. In 1974, and for a short time he was detained in a military torture center accused of subversive activities against the Brazilian government. In 1987, toured the Camino de Santiago between France and Spain, which inspired his first book, The Pilgrim de Compostela. As a writer, has frequently occupied the top positions in the rankings of the best selling books in countries as diverse as Brazil, UK, USA, France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Mexico, Israel, Greece and Spain. In 2002 he was elected to fill the seat number 21 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters . He lives with his wife Christina Oiticica, a painter, in Rio de Janeiro or in its mill of Saint Martin in southwest France.

In my opinion this is a great novel by Coelho where through the story of a fascinating trip, which aims to teach the spiritual is linked to the idea that there are no secrets, mysterious ways and people capable of understanding and controlling things hidden from the majority of mortals; to discover that the things that are around us are the answer to all our searches, our dreams are the main reason to go on living and achieve everything that we propose, and that life must be worn the most common way possible. This is the first novel by Paulo, which leaves a parable about the need to find our way in life.