
Pilgermann
by Russell Hoban
Title:
Pilgermann
Author:
Russell Hoban
Series (if any):
Penguin Modern Classics
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
288 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9780241485743
EAN:
9780241485743
Classifications:
Fantasy
Weight (g):
338
Dimensions (mm):
128 x 197 x 23
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
'Superb ... Pilgermann is history, metaphysics, a tangle of mysteries, profound and simple' GuardianIt is 1097 and a traveller arrives in the great, walled city of Antioch with a vision of a beautiful and mysterious geometric design that will change the lives of all those who see it. Pilgermann is a mesmerising recreation of the world of the Crusades, following its unlikely hero and those he meets on a journey of picaresque horror across a Europe of hatreds, visions and a desperate wish for salvation.'A dark treatise on the mysterious nature of things ... The world according to Pilgermann is a brutish place borrowing from Hieronymus Bosch, pilgrimage narrative, allegory and the historical novel' The New York Times Book Review'A strange and beautiful work' Evening Standard




























