PilgrimHarperFlamingo Canada, 1999 - 485 pages On April 17, 1912 -- ironically, only two days after the sinking of the "Titanic" -- a figure known only as Pilgrim tries to commit suicide by hanging himself from a tree. When he is found five hours later, his heart miraculously begins to beat again. Pilgrim, it seems, can never die. Escorted by his beloved friend, Lady Symbol Quartermaine, Pilgrim is admitted to the famous Burgholzu Psychiatrist Clinic In Zurichm, where he will begin a battle of psyche and soul with Carl Jung, the self-professed mystical scientist of the unconscious Slowly, Jung coaxes Pilgrim to tell his astonishing story -- one that seemingly spans 4,000 years and includes such historical figures as Leonardo da Vinci and Henry James. But is Pilgrim delusional? Are these his memories merely dreams...or is his immortal existence truly a miracle. |
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... took up his pen and drew a large pad of paper towards him . " To begin , " he said , " can you tell a little something of yourself . It would be helpful . " " My husband is the fifteenth Marquis of Quartermaine . His first name is Harry ...
... took a step Nothing . He then took another step and waited again . And again , nothing . forward . " Later in my life , perhaps around the advent of puberty , the dark took on new meaning for me . I no longer feared it , but welcomed it ...
... took down another glass , poured two fingers of bourbon into it and passed it across the desk . He then topped up ... took them - eight somewhat sticky photographs . " I took them this morning , " Jung said , " and brought them in to be ...