Noel Braun yearns to walk the Camino, the ancient pilgrimage route that leads across France and Sapin to Santiago de Compostela. Since the suidide of Maris, his beloved wife of forty-two years, he has struggled to find himself. But is it pure madness? He's an old bloke. At seventy-seven years, he should be sensible, act his age and relax in a rocking chair. Can his body and spirit withstand the demands? Can he leave family and friends behind? Noel believes that is a journey he MUST undertake. It's a compulsion, a spiritual quest of self-discovery, an urgent need to commune with the world around him and beyond.
When Noel begins his journey, he discovers it's not just the rigorous demands of the physical world he must answer. The territory of the heart and soul has its own challenges, which have him searching for spiritual and emotional insights. His travels are interwoven with accounts of the many engaging characters he meets. In time he realises he himself is one of the Camino's characters.
The Day was Made for Walking merges the spiritual with the physical, the ancient with the contemporary. It is a memoir, but also a glimpse into hisory and a travel guiude.
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal MemoirsIn paper back, the book is in its second reprint.
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Portuguese
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Translation in progress.
Translated by Olli K. Machado Gilli
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Spanish
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Already translated.
Translated by julio lopez
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Author review: The translation is very readable, true to the original and overall a faultless translation in excellent Spanish (Castellano) |
