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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... face . His seem- ingly blinded eyes were more than troubling . They made her want to weep . But no - she must not . Should she kneel ? A supplicant ? Be well . The Lord be with thee . No. It would make her departure seem too final ...
... face . His seem- ingly blinded eyes were more than troubling . They made her want to weep . But no - she must not . Should she kneel ? A supplicant ? Be well . The Lord be with thee . No. It would make her departure seem too final ...
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... face . By daylight , her beauty was more pronounced , although she seemed herself to have no awareness of it . About her appearance there was not a trace of artifice . Her cream - pale face , her swept- back hair and her violet eyes ...
... face . By daylight , her beauty was more pronounced , although she seemed herself to have no awareness of it . About her appearance there was not a trace of artifice . Her cream - pale face , her swept- back hair and her violet eyes ...
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... face . And then ... " Yes ? " And then ... " Yes ? Jung waited - pen poised . " The face begins to draw itself . It draws itself . No fingers— hand - no arm to guide the ... what ? The crayon ... No hand to guide the crayon and the face ...
... face . And then ... " Yes ? " And then ... " Yes ? Jung waited - pen poised . " The face begins to draw itself . It draws itself . No fingers— hand - no arm to guide the ... what ? The crayon ... No hand to guide the crayon and the face ...
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