Crossway

'Beautifully written, filled with strange encounters and extraordinary language, The Crossway is a meditation, an escape, a confrontation, a losing and a finding. It is a timely antidote to our disconnected times.'
Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan
'The journey is remarkable - a hike of thousands of miles across Europe, undertaken with rare bravery and stamina. But what is really extraordinary about The Crossway is the writing - acutely sensitive, hyper-alert and unflagging in its exploration of the strange depths and by-ways of human belief.'
Philip Marsden, author of Rising Ground
'Stagg's fabulously open-hearted account easily bears comparison with the great walking and monastery books of Patrick Leigh Fermor, except he goes further in revealing the damage, and how it might be repaired.'
Robert Twigger, author of Red Nile
'A gorgeous and moving book.'
Jamie Quatro, author of Fire Sermon
'I loved it. Stagg is an engaging, challenging, endlessly interesting companion who just happens to write formidably well. Travel writing has a bright new star.'
Alexander Frater, author of Chasing the Monsoon

About the author

Guy Stagg was born in 1988 and grew up in Paris, Heidelberg, Yorkshire and London. His book, The Crossway, is an account of Guy Stagg's ten-month walk to Jerusalem. The author sets off from Canterbury on New Year's Day, telling his friends and family only that he will be home before the year's end, and was a runner-up for the inaugural Deborah Rogers Foundation Writer's Award in May 2016.

Summary

Simultaneously a breathtaking account of a physical journey and a memoir about recovering from mental illness.

Additional text

Stagg set off on a journey hoping to heal years of mental illness and the result of his travelogue is a moving and thought-provoking insight into the minds – and often homes – of modern day believers.

Product details

• Authors: Guy Stagg
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781509844579
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-4457-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Israel, Canterbury, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / General, Walking, hiking, trekking, TRAVEL / Europe / General, TRAVEL / Middle East / Israel, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Religious, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Western Europe, Worship, rites & ceremonies, Religion and beliefs, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Classic Travel Writing, RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth, South & South East England, Western Continental Europe, Coping with / advice about anxiety and phobias