PilgrimHarperCollins, 28 août 2000 - 552 pages Ageless. Sexless. Deathless. Timeless. Pilgrim is a man who cannot die, an astounding character in a novel of the cataclysmic contest between creation and destruction. Pilgrim is Timothy Findley’s latest masterwork, a finalist for the Giller Prize, and a national bestseller that has smashed the author’s own impressive sales records. Recently published in the US, Pilgrim is gathering rave reviews, and will be released in the UK this spring. It is 1912 and Pilgrim has been admitted to the Burghölzli Psychiatric Clinic in Zürich, Switzerland, having failed—once again—to commit suicide. Over the next two years, it is up to Carl Jung, self-professed mystical scientist of the mind, to help Pilgrim unlock his unconsciousness, etched as it is with myriad sufferings and hopes of history. Is Pilgrim mad, or is he condemned to live forever, witness to the terrible tragedy and beauty of the human condition? Both intimate and expansive in its scope, with an absorbing parade of characters—mythic, fictional and historical—Pilgrim is a fiercely original and powerful story from one of our most distinguished artists. |
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... Dora was forced to admit she had neither . " Well , then , " the Countess informed her , " that's the end of it . No one is allowed to visit the Moon who has not a diplomatic passport or at least one parent who was born there . " Dora's ...
... Dora was forced to admit she had neither . " Well , then , " the Countess informed her , " that's the end of it . No one is allowed to visit the Moon who has not a diplomatic passport or at least one parent who was born there . " Dora's ...
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... Dora's hand . Beside them and before them , others were turning away . If only there was music always , Dora thought , there would be no need to speak . Tatiana blinked . She stood as if waiting for permission to move . Dora led her ...
... Dora's hand . Beside them and before them , others were turning away . If only there was music always , Dora thought , there would be no need to speak . Tatiana blinked . She stood as if waiting for permission to move . Dora led her ...
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... Dora folding and packing all of the Countess Blavinskeya's ballet costumes - wrapping each of the items carefully in tissue paper before depositing it in a card- board box , many of which were laid out on various tables and chairs and ...
... Dora folding and packing all of the Countess Blavinskeya's ballet costumes - wrapping each of the items carefully in tissue paper before depositing it in a card- board box , many of which were laid out on various tables and chairs and ...
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