# In Praise of Paths: Walking Through Time and Nature - Hardcover

by **Torbjørn Ekelund** (Author), **Becky L. Crook** (Translator)

**"What \[Ekelund is\] addressing is the intention to walk one's way to meaning: the walk as spiritual exercise, a kind of vision quest... A key strategy for finding ourselves, then, is to first get lost."--_The New York Times Book Review_**

**An ode to paths and the journeys we take through nature, as told by a gifted writer who stopped driving and rediscovered the joys of traveling by foot.**

Torbj rn Ekelund started to walk--everywhere--after an epilepsy diagnosis affected his ability to drive. The more he ventured out, the more he came to love the act of walking, and an interest in paths emerged. In this poignant, meandering book, Ekelund interweaves the literature and history of paths with his own stories from the trail. As he walks with shoes on and barefoot, through forest creeks and across urban streets, he contemplates the early tracks made by ancient snails and traces the wanderings of Romantic poets, amongst other musings. If we still "understand ourselves in relation to the landscape," Ekelund asks, then what do we lose in an era of car travel and navigation apps? And what will we gain from taking to paths once again?

"A charming read, celebrating the relationship between humans and their bodies, their landscapes, and one another."  
\--_**The Washington Post**_

_This book was made possible in part thanks to generous support from NORLA._

### Author Biography

**Torbjørn Ekelund** is a writer, author, and co-founder of _Harvest_, an online magazine documenting wilderness adventures, environmental issues, and our relationship with nature. He lives in Oslo, Norway.

**Geoff Nicholson** is the author of multiple books including _The Lost Art of Walking_. His writings have appeared in the _New York Times_ and the _Guardian_, amongst others, and he is a contributing editor to the _Los Angeles Review of Books_.

**Number of Pages:** 248

**Dimensions:** 1 x 7.6 x 5.4 IN

**Publication Date:** May 05, 2020

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