Camino - Texts

[davidson]

Mostly for Dave Whitson, but some others have inquired as well about
literature , fiction , about the Camino or related to the Road. Here's a
quick, certainly not all-inclusive list of some faves


Mysteries:
Elyn Aviva. Dead End on the Camino. Boulder: Pilgrim's Process, 2001.

Sharan Newman.  Strong as Death. NY: Forge, 1996

Carole Anne O'Marie.  Murder makes a Pilgrimage.  NY: Delacorte, 1993.

Not murder-mystery:

Frances Temple. The Ramsay Scallop.  NY: Orchard, 1994. Historical novel set
in middle ages.

David Lodge. Therapy.  nY: Viking, 1995. Not central concerned with pilgrimage
to Compostela, but the last half of the book has the central character along
the Camino; works nicely as a metaphor for cure.


Other works, not fiction:

Karin Temple. Peregrina: On Pilgrimage to Santiago de Composela.... Spokane:
String Town Press, 2001.
26 Wonderfully evocative poems, each honing in on a specific aspect of the
Road and walking it.



Journals / Narratives: [obviously, the list is endless, but here's a quick
sort of a few.
Shirley MacLaine. The Camino
Jack Hitt. On the Road
Lee Hoinacki. El Camino: Walking.
Donald & Maria Schell.  My Father, My Daughter.  NY: Journey Book, 2001.  [I
especially like this short work as the "same" journey is seen through two
different sets of eyes.


I also like the 17th-century Italian priest, Domenico Laffi, 's  A Journey to
the West  -- it has some descriptions which seem like he is on the Road today
and others that show how the Road has changed.




Hope this is a start for what you're looking for, DAve.

Linda DAvidson