I'm Off Then
Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago
1st Edition
Published on 16. June 2009
352 pages
978-1-4391-0048-6 (ISBN)
Description
Overweight, overworked, and disenchanted, Kerkeling was an unlikely candidate to make the arduous pilgrimage across the Pyrenees to the Spanish shrine of St. James, a 1,200-year-old journey undertaken by nearly 100,000 people every year. But he decided to get off the couch and do it anyway. Lonely and searching for meaning along the way, he began the journal that turned into this utterly frank, engaging book. Filled with unforgettable characters, historic landscapes, and Kerkeling's self-deprecating humor, I'm Off Then is an inspiring travelogue, a publishing phenomenon, and a spiritual journey unlike any other.
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Hape Kerkeling, one of Europe's most popular comedic entertainers, is the winner of the Karl Valentin Prize for Humor, the Chatwin Award for Best Travel Book of the Year, and numerous other prizes. I'm Off, Then, his first book, has become a bestselling sensation in Germany. He lives in Berlin.
Shelley Frisch's award-winning translations from German include biographies of Friedrich Nietzsche, Albert Einstein, Marlene Dietrich, Leni Riefenstahl, and Franz Kafka. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
Shelley Frisch's award-winning translations from German include biographies of Friedrich Nietzsche, Albert Einstein, Marlene Dietrich, Leni Riefenstahl, and Franz Kafka. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
Content
- Intro
- Colophon
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Epigraph
- June 9, 2001-Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
- June 10, 2001-Roncesvalles
- June 11, 2001-Zubiri
- June 12, 2001-Pamplona
- June 13, 2001-Pamplona
- June 14, 2001-Viana and Logroño
- June 15, 2001-Navarrete and Nájera
- June 17, 2001-Santo Domingo de la Calzada
- June 18, 2001-Santo Domingo de la Calzada
- June 21, 2001-Castildelgado
- June 22, 2001-Belorado, Tosantos, and Villafranca.
- June 24, 2001-Burgos and Tardajos.
- June 25, 2001-Hornillos del Camino and Hontanas
- June 26, 2001-Castrojeriz and Frómista
- June 27, 2001-Carrión de los Condes
- June 28, 2001-Calzadilla de la Cueza
- June 29, 2001-Sahagún.
- June 30, 2001-León
- July 1, 2001-León
- July 2, 2001-Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere, Beyond León
- July 3, 2001-Astorga
- July 4, 2001-Astorga
- July 5, 2001-Rabanal
- July 6, 2001-Rabanal
- July 7, 2001-Foncebadón and El Acebo
- July 8, 2001-El Acebo
- July 9, 2001-Molinaseca, Ponferrada
- July 10, 2001-Villafranca del Bierzo
- July 11, 2001-Trabadelo and Vega de Valcarce
- July 12, 2001-La Faba and O Cebreiro
- July 13, 2001-Triacastela
- July 14, 2001-Triacastela
- July 15, 2001-Sarria and Rente
- July 16, 2001-Portomarín
- July 17, 2001-Palas de Rei
- July 18, 2001-Castañeda
- July 19, 2001-A Rúa
- July 20, 2001-Santiago de Compostela
- Epilogue
- About the Author
- About the Translator
