Getting to Know Colombia
A story of loss and discovery
Seiten
2025
Troubador Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-83628-260-0 (ISBN)
Troubador Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-83628-260-0 (ISBN)
The first general interest reflective travel memoir about Colombia. Will appeal to readers who have enjoyed Raynor Winn’s The Salt Path or Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods.
A story of loss and discovery which is part memoir and part travelogue. In the wake of losing his wife Mary the author accepted an unexpected invitation to travel to Colombia. This became both a journey through the Colombian Andes and also one through the stages of bereavement. How does a person mourn when their leading emotion is relief? After being trapped by circumstances into caring for, in isolation, a complex and reclusive partner, the author was released by her death but only into disorientation. The chance offer from an old acquaintance led to an exotic travel experience, and a culture and landscape so stunning that everything had to be brought into a different perspective.
This frank and poignant memoir will appeal to people who enjoy reflective travel literature, to those who have had ‘complex’ bereavements, people interested in the reflections and choices of later life, It is for those who are drawn to lose and find themselves through travel to exotic locations. Within the travel book genre, it is the first book of reflective travel writing about Colombia in the round: previous books have concentrated on narco-crime in the region.
A story of loss and discovery which is part memoir and part travelogue. In the wake of losing his wife Mary the author accepted an unexpected invitation to travel to Colombia. This became both a journey through the Colombian Andes and also one through the stages of bereavement. How does a person mourn when their leading emotion is relief? After being trapped by circumstances into caring for, in isolation, a complex and reclusive partner, the author was released by her death but only into disorientation. The chance offer from an old acquaintance led to an exotic travel experience, and a culture and landscape so stunning that everything had to be brought into a different perspective.
This frank and poignant memoir will appeal to people who enjoy reflective travel literature, to those who have had ‘complex’ bereavements, people interested in the reflections and choices of later life, It is for those who are drawn to lose and find themselves through travel to exotic locations. Within the travel book genre, it is the first book of reflective travel writing about Colombia in the round: previous books have concentrated on narco-crime in the region.
Raphael Wilkins is an educationist whose professional and academic work generated two books, several book chapters and over 70 articles. His experience as an international consultant sparked a trilogy of reflective travel memoirs. His new book combines a geographical journey through Colombia with a personal journey through bereavement.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.08.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Market Harborough |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 285 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Südamerika | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83628-260-5 / 1836282605 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83628-260-0 / 9781836282600 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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