| The Singular Pilgrim: Travels on Sacred Ground Contributor(s): Mahoney, Rosemary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618446656 ISBN-13: 9780618446650 Publisher: HarperOne OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: An "enlightening but also very funny" (Paul Theroux) account of one woman's personal quest to find the roots of belief among modern religious pilgrims. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Religion | Faith |
| Dewey: 291.351 |
| LCCN: 2002192151 |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 5.62" W x 8.56" (1.17 lbs) 404 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Singular Pilgrim is a riveting account of one woman's personal quest to find the root of belief among modern religious pilgrims. The intrepid Rosemary Mahoney undertakes six extraordinary journeys: visiting an Anglican shrine to Saint Mary in Walsingham, England; walking the five-hundred-mile Camino de Santiago in northern Spain; braving the icy bathwater at Lourdes; rowing alone across the Sea of Galilee to spend a night camped below the Golan Heights; viewing Varanasi, India's holiest city, from a rubber raft on the Ganges; soldiering barefoot through the three-day penitential Catholic pilgrimage on Ireland's Station Island. A fiercely observant traveler and an insightful writer, Mahoney offers a witty and provocative chronicle of her adventures. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mahoney, Rosemary: - ROSEMARY MAHONEY is the author of Whoredom in Kimmage, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the New York Times Notable Book The Early Arrival of Dreams. The recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, she lives in Rhode Island. |