Do we really know the people we live with? Can a person overcome the crimes they have committed? Is nationalism a manipulation of personality, even its annulment? Can walking the Camino de Santiago serve as a space for discernment? These and other questions are raised by Anya Niewierra (Kerkrade, Netherlands, 1964) in a thriller that has sold more than half a million copies and has received several awards.
A widow decides to walk a stretch of the Camino de Santiago as it passes through France, since her husband had done so the previous year and had unexpectedly taken his own life. Along the different stages she will discover previously unknown details about the father of her children that will lead her to the horrors of the war caused by the collapse of Yugoslavia. These discoveries put her life and the lives of others in danger...
An intelligent narrative whose reading is gripping; it reflects the horror of war and the protagonist’s disorientation. Without a transcendent view of life, and with a fluid sentimental life, she relies on the fate of her children as the only criterion in her decision-making.