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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... Gherardini felt the swirl of a cloak being removed . The rush of it licked his shoulders . Wine was poured . Someone drank . The glass was returned to its place and filled again . " I have not seen you for some time . " The voice was ...
... Gherardini felt the swirl of a cloak being removed . The rush of it licked his shoulders . Wine was poured . Someone drank . The glass was returned to its place and filled again . " I have not seen you for some time . " The voice was ...
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Timothy Findley. he did this , pulling Gherardini closer , his free hand fumbled with the strings of Gherardini's doublet . Gherardini pulled away . I have a knife . Leonardo stood back amazed , but smiling . A knife ? Yes . You must be ...
Timothy Findley. he did this , pulling Gherardini closer , his free hand fumbled with the strings of Gherardini's doublet . Gherardini pulled away . I have a knife . Leonardo stood back amazed , but smiling . A knife ? Yes . You must be ...
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... Gherardini to fall . Leonardo reached down , lifted the boy to his feet and tore his shirt away . Gherardini's hands flew up in self - defence . Leonardo struck him twice in the face . Twice - and then again . The boy's arms were ...
... Gherardini to fall . Leonardo reached down , lifted the boy to his feet and tore his shirt away . Gherardini's hands flew up in self - defence . Leonardo struck him twice in the face . Twice - and then again . The boy's arms were ...
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