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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... Phoebe Peebles would have to try to keep it warm on the radiator . This , of course , was never greatly successful . If the eggs were boiled , they would harden . Scrambled , they would congeal . En cocotte , the milk and butter would ...
... Phoebe Peebles would have to try to keep it warm on the radiator . This , of course , was never greatly successful . If the eggs were boiled , they would harden . Scrambled , they would congeal . En cocotte , the milk and butter would ...
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... Phoebe noted a number of empty wine bottles . Three of the four days , Her Ladyship did not wish to dress or to be disturbed . Having tubbed , as she put it , she would have Phoebe rub her back and shoulders with mildly scented oil ( it ...
... Phoebe noted a number of empty wine bottles . Three of the four days , Her Ladyship did not wish to dress or to be disturbed . Having tubbed , as she put it , she would have Phoebe rub her back and shoulders with mildly scented oil ( it ...
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... Phoebe was told she might have the evening to herself , so long as she returned by ten . Phoebe ate down the street in the dining - room of a Bierlokal and lingered there until nine - thirty , half hoping , half dreaming her messenger ...
... Phoebe was told she might have the evening to herself , so long as she returned by ten . Phoebe ate down the street in the dining - room of a Bierlokal and lingered there until nine - thirty , half hoping , half dreaming her messenger ...
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