The Pilgrim Continues His Way

by Anonymous, R.M. French (Translator)

In this sequel to The Way of the Pilgrim, the narrator shares more of his story. He describes his travels among the holy places of Russia and his challenging encounters with holy people.

Genres: Religion

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1943

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[Dominika]

Oof painful to read at times but in a good way.

[Tandava Graham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is rather different in character than the first book. The first section feels like a reasonable continuation of the Pilgrim telling his story, and would attach well enough to the first book. But right from the start it makes it clear that this is now someone else transcribing a conversation. And then in the latter two sections, more people get involved in that conversation and more or less take over with their pontificating. So it feels a little contrived, as though someone at the monastery were just trying to piggyback on the first volume in order to cram a bunch of their own stuff in. I'm not saying there isn't valuable information in those two sections, but it is dramatically less devotional and magnetic. After the first volume, you feel that you've come to know and love the Pilgrim, and that you can trust him because he's telling you of his actual experience. So when you later just have scholars droning on about what they've read, it's relatively boring. Plus, we don't know who these people are or, for the most part, who they're quoting. So at this point I'd rather just go read the Philokalia directly. Still, giving it 4 stars for the Pilgrim's sake.

[Tyler · Rating 3 out of 5]

I actually enjoyed the first part of this, but the second is completely unnecessary to read unless you just want a decent book on the spiritual aspects of prayer. I should probably stop reading Russian orthodox spiritual books, it might start getting at me. So yeah, when you read Franny and Zooey and feel the urge to read both just read The Way of the Pilgrim.

[Umi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I lost interest halfway through but was glad I picked it up again - there's some really lovely bits in the second half. Big thank you to Olivia :)

[Rusty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as good as the first one but pretty good

[Cherylann · Rating 2 out of 5]

After adoring The Way of the Pilgrim, The Pilgrim Continues his Way was a bit of a disappointment. Although the main character is the same and the book has roughly the same format, there was something missing, making the book boring instead of meditative like its predecessor. If you’re reading The Way of the Pilgrim, I wouldn’t bother with the sequel.