Inspired Journeys

Full of humor, profundity, and obsession, these are tales of writers on peregrine paths. Some set out in search of legends or artistic inspiration; others seek spiritual epiphany or fulfillment of a promise. Their journeys lead them variously to Draculas castle, Laura Ingalls Wilders prairie, the Grimms fairy-tale road, Mayan temples, Nathaniel Wests California, the Camino de Santiago trail, Scotts Antarctica, the Marquis de Sades haunted manor, or the sacred city of Varanasi. All of these pilgrimages are worthy journeysredemptive and serious. But a time-honored element of pilgrimage is a suspension of rules, and there is absurdity and exuberance here as well.