Christopher Howse

To be a pilgrim

To make the pilgrimage less grim, avoid the Pyrenees — and your fellow travellers, advises Jean-Christophe Rufin

  • The Santiago Pilgrimage: Walking the Immortal Way

    Jean-Christophe Rufin, translated by Martina Dervis and Malcolm Imrie

    MacLehose Press, pp. 235

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