In a trance-like state, Albert walks—from Bordeaux to Poitiers, from Chaumont to Macon, and farther afield to Turkey, Austria, Russia—all over Europe. When he walks, he is called a vagrant, a mad man. He is chased out of towns and villages, ridiculed and imprisoned. When the reverie of his walking ends, he’s left wondering where he is, with no memory of how he got there. His past exists only in fleeting images.
There are various things about this book that attract me. It discusses mental health issues when there was not so much known about mental health. I have the feeling it could be a very vulnerable story. And the cover combined with the title. Cannot help it caught my eye.
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