I am very happy to share that the English edition of Between Asphalt and Incense: A Journey from Risk to Purpose is now available.
This book is not a manual on spirituality, nor is it a treatise on exotic travel. It is something more intimate and, I hope, more human: the logbook of a man who has spent much of his life trying not to be run down — sometimes by the brute force of a charge in the middle of a bull run, and at others by the relentless noise of his own thoughts.
Through these pages, readers are invited into a journey shaped by contradiction, risk, silence, movement, and inner searching. The young man who once learnt to remain motionless on the asphalt to save himself coexists with the adult who, caught between worlds, cultures, and expectations, struggles to find his place and keep his balance in a life that often feels borrowed.
This is a story where the ordinary suddenly opens into the extraordinary: in friendship, in travel, in ritual, in love, in loss, and in those moments when life forces us to stop and look more deeply. From the roar of waterfalls in the Dolomites to the symbolic beauty of a Sri Lankan wedding in Zurich, from spiritual retreats in Switzerland to the inner storms that shape our decisions, this book traces both an outer and inner path.
At its heart, Between Asphalt and Incense is about meaning. About learning that courage is not always loud, that transformation is not always linear, and that perhaps the “lucky star” we seek is not something to be conquered, but something that quietly accompanies us while we try to make sense of the journey.
With the publication of this English edition, I am grateful to open this story to new readers. I hope it resonates with those who have ever felt suspended between noise and silence, between action and reflection, between the life they live and the life they are still trying to understand.
Thank you for being part of this path.
About the author
Alfonso Corchero is the author of Between Asphalt and Incense, a work born from experience, observation, and an inner search. His writing explores the contradictions of human nature, the moments when everyday life fractures, and those experiences that compel us to look within. Rather than offering ready-made answers, his stories invite readers to recognise themselves in the journey, the doubts, and the transformations of someone learning to cross their own thresholds.