The most beautiful book on the Camino, ever

[Sally Haden]

Thank you Rosina for your book list/reviews.  It is very useful to see these
because outside Spain it is not easy to search out Spanish books (I mean
books published in the Spanish language) and to find out what they are
about.  I have recently found that I can trawl through the American version
of Amazon for Spanish books but this is my first real source.

If others know of good internet sites where it is possible to find Spanish
books and where there are some comments or reviews on those books, I'd be
very glad to hear from you.  Especially if they are UK sites, cutting down
my postage costs!!

Sally
Lancashire, UK


>From: Rosina Lila <BlaroliaAOL.COM>
>Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
>To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
>Subject: The most beautiful book on the Camino, ever
>Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 09:56:41 -0400
>
>Hola,
>A Spanish painter, Ruiz alarner, walked the Camino over the past few years
>and instead of taking photographs he illustrated the Camino with
>watercolors.  A very successful exhibition of the watercolors was held in
>various cities in Spain  and when it was announced that a book would be
>issued with the watercolors I wrote and wrote seeking to get it but did not
>succeed.  Happily, it is on sale here in Spain and it is absolutely
>gorgeous.  The name of the book is "La Flecha y la Vieyra"  (the arrow and
>the shell), and the ISBN is 84-95537-76-1.  The book is fairly large and it
>costs 36 Euros (about 45 Dlls.)  I would imagine that sending it to the
>USA, by boat, would cost about 15 to 20 Euros.  At whatever cost, it is
>absolutely priceless. (It is true that age makes people mellow; when I was
>a young woman I used to think that watercolors were for sissies; now I
>cannot put the book down!)
>Other new books of interest:
>1. Diccionario Curioso e ilustrado de Santiago de Compostela.  ISBN
>84-95906-68-6, by Vaquero & Kirschner.  This book presents, in dictionary
>form, explanations of things-Camino, letter by letter.  It is fanciful and
>informative, and when I return I may post part of it.
>2. El misterio del Apostol Santiago. ISBN 84-01-37883-4.  This book
>attempts to fill in details of the life of Saint James based on both
>biblical and historical sources and lore handed down.  It is fascinating.
>3. El Camino de Santiago andado de un peregrino del Siglo XII. ISBN
>84-95440-65-2. By Ines Ruiz Montejo. This book follows the narrative, in
>modern language, of the route taken by the writer of the Codex Calistino
>and corelates it to modern sites and conditions.  It is absorbing.
>
>Cohelo´s book on the Camino has been reprinted on a large, art-book, form
>with photographs that he has taken of the Camino and it is accompanied by a
>DVD in which Coelho speaks about his book, his Camino, those days, etc.
>For what I saw at the bookstores the publication is running off the
>shelves.  In the DVD Coelho minimizes the significance of alchemy in his
>book and reiterates that he has returned to the comforting fold of the
>Catholic church.
>....When and if I find other publications worh of mention, I will report on
>them.  Until then, I just cannot recommend the watercolors book
>enthusiastically enough.
>Big hug!
>Rosina
>Rosina

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