The Santiago Pilgrimage : Walking the Immortal Way

Resumen del libro

"Whenever I was asked: 'Why did you go to Santiago?', I had a hard time answering. How could I explain to those who had not done it that the way has the effect - if not the virtue - to make you forget all reasons that led you to become involved in it in the first place." Each year, tens of thousands of backpackers (Christian pilgrims and many others) set out from either their front doorstep or from popular starting points across Europe, to Santiago de Compostela. Most travel by foot, others ride a bicycle, and a few of them travel as did some of their medieval counterparts, on horseback or with a donkey.

In addition to those who undertake a religious pilgrimage, the majority are hikers who walk the way for non-religious reasons: travel, sport, or simply the challenge of spending weeks walking in a foreign land. Also, many consider the experience as a spiritual adventure, with a view to removing themselves from the bustle of modern life. Jean-Christophe Rufin followed this "Northern Way" to Santiago de Compostela by foot, on over eight hundred kilometers.

Much less crowded than the usual pilgrimage route, this one runs along the Basque and Cantabrian coasts in Spain and through the wild mountains of Asturias and Galicia. Translated from the French by Malcolm Imrie and Martina Dervis

Biografía del autor

Jean-Christophe Rufin es adem ¡s de escritor médico y diplom ¡tico. Ganó el premio Goncourt en 1997 con su novela El abisinio y en 2001 con Rojo Brasil.El Camino inmortal ha sido galardonado en 2013 con el Premio Nomadâ s. Fue embajador de Francia en Senegal del 2007 al 2010, fue uno de los fundadores de Médicos sin Fronteras y es el miembro m ¡s joven de la Academia Francesa. Su obra se ha traducido en todo el mundo.