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I read The Alchemist for my book club years ago, and swore that I'd never read a Coelho book again.it's dreadful. i will confess that i am not a coelho fan though.
Maybe there were no arrowsIt did stretch my suspension of disbelief that it took him a week to get from St Jean to Roncesvalles.
The book came out in 1987. The first yellow arrows were painted in 1984. So they should still have been fresh and bright....Maybe there were no arrows
Ok maybe to attain enlightenment we actually need to walk back and forth between SJPdP and Rocesvalles for the first week? I'm pretty sure this could be where I went wrong.The book came out in 1987. The first yellow arrows were painted in 1984. So they should still have been fresh and bright....
I too read the Carlos Castaneda books in college and right after college. I loved them and reread them all a few times. Pilgrimage does remind me of those books also. I found answers to some of my doubts before my first camino in Coelho. Like "The Pilgrimage" Castaneda's books came under attack as many felt there was no Don Juan and he probably made most of what was written up in his head. I don't believe alot of the criticism nor would I care. I found alot of wisdom and insight into my life and condition reading both authors.It reminded me of the Carlos Castaneda books I read in my teens more than anything else.
I listened to the alchemist on audio and I did finish it, but it was very very awkward and confusing,What is it about the writing of Mr. Coelho that makes the reading of it difficult or unrewarding?
What is it about the writing of Mr. Coelho that makes the reading of it difficult or unrewarding?
And he rehashes the same topics and in your face platitudes over and over again. Not my cup of tea.IMO it is utter drivel. Shallow content and full of clichés. But of course " de gustibus non est disputandum".
There is more literature to find in my collection of Tintin.
I think that there are enough people on the Camino without this book making more people wanting to walk the route.Netflix Brazil are planning to make a film version of Paulo Coelho's book "The Pilgrimage". I've started reading the book several times and never managed more than a few pages before giving up. I wonder if a film version will be more appealing?
Netflix Brazil Greenlights Film Adaptation Of Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Pilgrimage’ And Orders Fernando & Quico Meirelles Miniseries Based On Edyr Augusto Novel ‘Pssica’
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I do not believe there's any chance/danger of that happening.I think that there are enough people on the Camino without this book making more people wanting to walk the route.
Excellent idea to include a film of Shirley MacLaine's Camino book too. Maybe that would have the reverse effect that The Way had.Perhaps they should make a film of the Shirley MacLaine book too and show them as a double feature....
Yes, there were no arrows, but actually he spent the week wandering with his Shaman in the Pyrenees and eating magic mushrooms. Easy read, but pretty far out. Shirley's journey was also quite fantastical, although she did not consume a similar quantity of fungi. I did enjoy Jack Hitt's book, though.Maybe there were no arrows
I guess that I am a bit in the minority,but I have all of Coehlo's books and enjoyed them very much. Carlos Castaneda speaks of a reality that is very different from our ordinary reality,which is maybe why it is so strange to so many.I liked the book alot haha. I couldn't have cared less about some of the "inaccuracies" of the journey.
I too read the Carlos Castaneda books in college and right after college. I loved them and reread them all a few times. Pilgrimage does remind me of those books also. I found answers to some of my doubts before my first camino in Coelho. Like "The Pilgrimage" Castaneda's books came under attack as many felt there was no Don Juan and he probably made most of what was written up in his head. I don't believe alot of the criticism nor would I care. I found alot of wisdom and insight into my life and condition reading both authors.
Another quackpotDonald duck on the Camino might be fun!
I really enjoyed the Alquimist. But I found The Pilgrim just “weird”. And I’m saying this as a former student of Latin American realismo mágico… Like was the sword really that important? Perhaps some of those newly-legal ~special~ candies would help one really get into it? I didn’t like the book, but I couldn’t stop reading it, or thinking about it when I finished it, so maybe that was the author’s intention! I would be interested to see how it all translates to film.What is it about the writing of Mr. Coelho that makes the reading of it difficult or unrewarding?
I read The Alchemist right about the time when I got "The Camino Call". In that sense, I immersed myself into the whole mystical, magical setting and the fact that the kid's name was Santiago only added to it.I read The Alchemist for my book club years ago, and swore that I'd never read a Coelho book again.
I believe a better movie would be: Paulo Coelho meets Carlos Castaneda on "The Way".The Pilgrimage, written by Paulo Coelho, is an autobiographical mystical, poetic description of his experience walking to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
You are making a valid point. I am sometimes still surprised about the passionate negative reactions to what I, too, regard as works of fiction inspired by personal experience. Why is that so? Are people afraid that readers may believe every word and take it as fact? That these semi-autobiographical literary works were written with the aim of providing practical guidebooks and as an accurate reflection of the actual physical walking?I read them as purely fiction and did not, and still don't, think that they are in any way comparable to my experiences of the Camino. I think that sadly, over the years , folk read way too much into some of these books, especially The Pilgrimage and, like the movie The Way, they have taken on a whole new life and meaning - Shirley McCleans book included
Or too many.Maybe there were no arrows
I bought the book at Livreria Lello in Porto. I got it at a discount because the price I paid for entry into the beautiful bookstore was deducted from the price of the book. I finished it. It reminded me of the Carlos Castaneda books I read in my teens more than anything else. It did stretch my suspension of disbelief that it took him a week to get from St Jean to Roncesvalles.
Probably not a coincidence. Just been looking at the book again and Coelho mentions Castaneda three times in the text.It reminded me of the Carlos Castaneda books I read in my teens more than anything else.
Netflix Brazil are planning to make a film version of Paulo Coelho's book "The Pilgrimage". I've started reading the book several times and never managed more than a few pages before giving up. I wonder if a film version will be more appealing?
Netflix Brazil Greenlights Film Adaptation Of Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Pilgrimage’ And Orders Fernando & Quico Meirelles Miniseries Based On Edyr Augusto Novel ‘Pssica’
Netflix Brazil Greenlights Film Adaptation Of Paulo Coelho Novel "The Pilgrimage" And Orders Fernando & Quico Meirelles Miniseries "Pssica"deadline.com
Contrary to most here, I’ve read all his books and am an aficionado. I read both the Alchemist & The Pilgrimage before even learning about or walking my first Camino.Netflix Brazil are planning to make a film version of Paulo Coelho's book "The Pilgrimage". I've started reading the book several times and never managed more than a few pages before giving up. I wonder if a film version will be more appealing?
Netflix Brazil Greenlights Film Adaptation Of Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Pilgrimage’ And Orders Fernando & Quico Meirelles Miniseries Based On Edyr Augusto Novel ‘Pssica’
Netflix Brazil Greenlights Film Adaptation Of Paulo Coelho Novel "The Pilgrimage" And Orders Fernando & Quico Meirelles Miniseries "Pssica"deadline.com
You are making a valid point. I am sometimes still surprised about the passionate negative reactions to what I, too, regard as works of fiction inspired by personal experience. Why is that so? Are people afraid that readers may believe every word and take it as fact? That these semi-autobiographical literary works were written with the aim of providing practical guidebooks and as an accurate reflection of the actual physical walking?
I just wonder. The title of Coelho's book has been translated as Pilgrimage into English but he wrote in Portuguese and the original title is O Diario de um Mago - the diary of a mage or a wizard, of someone who practices magic. Isn't that already a strong hint as to the intention and content of the book?
I've not read the book but had a look at the first few pages in Kindle as well as some of the descriptions that can be found online. While some do describe it as an autobiographical account of Coelho's walk in Spain - perhaps those who wrote this did not read the book either - the majority does describe it as a novel or a parable and not as your typical "How I walked the Camino" book.
BTW, judging by the first few pages I saw, the book is either badly researched in parts or badly translated in parts. Just one quote: As a result, the Road to Santiago was gradually forgotten, and were it not for sporadic artistic manifestations - in paintings such as Buñuel's The Milky Way and Joan Manuel Serrat's Wanderer - no one today would remember that millions of the people who would one day settle the New World had passed along that route.. Paintings??? Buñuel made a movie that is not exactly a factual account of the pilgrimage to Santiago, and the Wanderer must be the famous Spanish poem about the caminante who makes the camino by walking which became also a widely known song and is not related to any Camino pilgrimage but often quoted nowadays in this context. So a movie and a poem/song but definitely not paintings unless it is meant to be paintings in the most lyrical meaning as virtual images of something.
BTW, I understand that the author himself - unlike his fictional alter ego - started walking in Puente la Reina. Whether he did or did not ... so what if the fictional character errs around for a week in the Pyrenees?
I read it but wouldn’t claim to understand it. A film version may help.Netflix Brazil are planning to make a film version of Paulo Coelho's book "The Pilgrimage". I've started reading the book several times and never managed more than a few pages before giving up. I wonder if a film version will be more appealing?
Netflix Brazil Greenlights Film Adaptation Of Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Pilgrimage’ And Orders Fernando & Quico Meirelles Miniseries Based On Edyr Augusto Novel ‘Pssica’
Netflix Brazil Greenlights Film Adaptation Of Paulo Coelho Novel "The Pilgrimage" And Orders Fernando & Quico Meirelles Miniseries "Pssica"deadline.com
They're overly simplistic, sophomoric, and trite.What is it about the writing of Mr. Coelho that makes the reading of it difficult or unrewarding?
I agree with you about the book. Never finished it.Netflix Brazil are planning to make a film version of Paulo Coelho's book "The Pilgrimage". I've started reading the book several times and never managed more than a few pages before giving up. I wonder if a film version will be more appealing?
Netflix Brazil Greenlights Film Adaptation Of Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Pilgrimage’ And Orders Fernando & Quico Meirelles Miniseries Based On Edyr Augusto Novel ‘Pssica’
Netflix Brazil Greenlights Film Adaptation Of Paulo Coelho Novel "The Pilgrimage" And Orders Fernando & Quico Meirelles Miniseries "Pssica"deadline.com
Oh horror!Perhaps they should make a film of the Shirley MacLaine book too and show them as a double feature....
Nope!After reading so many impassioned responses one way or the other regarding the Cohelo book and to a far lesser extent the Castaneda books I had a thought. I wonder how much influence each person's experience has been with psychedelic drugs. My hypothesis is that maybe those who partook in any one or many of the variety of psychedelics would like these books more and maybe even those who really liked Cohelo's Pilgrimage and or Castaneda's Teachings Of Don Juan had more than a few experiences in this realm. More psychedelics = more like/love of these books. Obviously the inverse would be no psychedelics = no like. Of course this is not a hard and fast hypothesis but I wonder if it could be true. Me I really, really liked the Pilgrimage and LOVED Castaneda's writing. So maybe you can figure out what I have done in my long distant past! haha
Nope no psychedelics? Nope liking the books? Nope both? Or something in between!!!!!Nope!
Nope to any mind-altering drugs. I’ve read all of and like Cohelo’s books but then I’m also a Murakami aficionado.Nope no psychedelics? Nope liking the books? Nope both? Or something in between!!!!!
I prefer to think of them as mind enhancement!!!!! I guess it is all how you look at it.Nope to any mind-altering drugs. I’ve read all of and like Cohelo’s books but then I’m also a Murakami aficionado.
That's one of my all time favorite books. It's one of the books that inspired me to walk the Camino. I have read it at least four times. I just couldn't begin to imagine a movie capturing the magic of the book. Also I would believe if it is made in Brazil it would be in Portuguese. I would watch it though if I could with hopes it would even be close to the book.Netflix Brazil are planning to make a film version of Paulo Coelho's book "The Pilgrimage". I've started reading the book several times and never managed more than a few pages before giving up. I wonder if a film version will be more appealing?
Netflix Brazil Greenlights Film Adaptation Of Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Pilgrimage’ And Orders Fernando & Quico Meirelles Miniseries Based On Edyr Augusto Novel ‘Pssica’
Netflix Brazil Greenlights Film Adaptation Of Paulo Coelho Novel "The Pilgrimage" And Orders Fernando & Quico Meirelles Miniseries "Pssica"deadline.com
Shirley macLaine's Camino book and Paulo Coehlo's books were the two that led me to walk the Camino. Both of them captivated for me the spirituality and faith of those that walked before me. I cherish both books. Shirley macLaine's passage about walking barefoot to feel the energy of those that have walked before her on this earth magnetic line under stars to Santiago just captivated me, leading me at the hardest points to imagine those before walking in poverty and pain for their spiritual quest, being led on faith. I didn't enjoys Shirley's book though when she got into dreams and past Life lovers etc was out there, but the first part I loved. To each their own though. My favorite times on the Camino were the totally alone times especially under the sky exploding with stars and the moon pre dawn my alone time and conversation with God. My walk was a spiritual quest and it was amazing for mePerhaps they should make a film of the Shirley MacLaine book too and show them as a double feature....
Coehlo is one of my favorite authors all of his books I have read I love.I guess that I am a bit in the minority,but I have all of Coehlo's books and enjoyed them very much. Carlos Castaneda speaks of a reality that is very different from our ordinary reality,which is maybe why it is so strange to so many.
Glad I’m not alone hereCoehlo is one of my favorite authors all of his books I have read I love.
Great book!! Realy great.Netflix Brazil are planning to make a film version of Paulo Coelho's book "The Pilgrimage". I've started reading the book several times and never managed more than a few pages before giving up. I wonder if a film version will be more appealing?
Netflix Brazil Greenlights Film Adaptation Of Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Pilgrimage’ And Orders Fernando & Quico Meirelles Miniseries Based On Edyr Augusto Novel ‘Pssica’
Netflix Brazil Greenlights Film Adaptation Of Paulo Coelho Novel "The Pilgrimage" And Orders Fernando & Quico Meirelles Miniseries "Pssica"deadline.com
I knew what I was getting into going in, considering it from the start a work of science fiction. On that basis, I finished it. I attributed the hard slog getting through it the result of poor translation. Don't expect any better if the Netflix production is in Portuguese.Netflix Brazil are planning to make a film version of Paulo Coelho's book "The Pilgrimage". I've started reading the book several times and never managed more than a few pages before giving up. I wonder if a film version will be more appealing?
Netflix Brazil Greenlights Film Adaptation Of Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Pilgrimage’ And Orders Fernando & Quico Meirelles Miniseries Based On Edyr Augusto Novel ‘Pssica’
Netflix Brazil Greenlights Film Adaptation Of Paulo Coelho Novel "The Pilgrimage" And Orders Fernando & Quico Meirelles Miniseries "Pssica"deadline.com
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