Werner Herzog - Of Walking in Ice

Originally written in 1974, Of Walking in Ice documents Herzog’s desperate trek from Munich to Paris. He set out on foot in the dead of winter, spurred by the conviction that his mentor, Lotte Eisner, would survive her grave illness if he made the pilgrimage to her bedside on foot. The resulting journal captures the existential rigor and hallucinatory landscape of his three-week journey, serving as a foundational text for understanding the filmmaker's philosophical commitment to endurance and physical confrontation with reality.

This 2007 edition, published by Free Association in New York, brings the classic diary to a contemporary audience with a minimalist design that emphasizes the austere nature of Herzog's prose. While the book has appeared in various translations over the decades, this specific edition is noted for its clean aesthetic, which allows the raw, impressionistic observations of the Bavarian and French countryside to remain the focal point. It remains a cult object for those interested in the intersections of cinema, philosophy, and extreme travel.