'Superb ... Pilgermann is history, metaphysics, a tangle of mysteries, profound and simple' Guardian
It is 1097 and a traveller arrives in the great, walled city of Antioch with a vision of a beautiful and mysterious geometric design that will change the lives of all those who see it. Pilgermann is a mesmerising recreation of the world of the Crusades, following its unlikely hero and those he meets on a journey of picaresque horror across a Europe of hatreds, visions and a desperate wish for salvation.
'A dark treatise on the mysterious nature of things ... The world according to Pilgermann is a brutish place borrowing from Hieronymus Bosch, pilgrimage narrative, allegory and the historical novel' The New York Times Book Review
'A strange and beautiful work' Evening Standard
| ISBN: | 9780241485743 |
| Publication date: | 25th March 2021 |
| Author: | Russell Hoban |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction Historical fantasy |
'Superb ... Pilgermann is history, metaphysics, a tangle of mysteries, profound and simple' Guardian
It is 1097 and a traveller arrives in the great, walled city of Antioch with a vision of a beautiful and mysterious geometric design that will change the lives of all those who see it. Pilgermann is a mesmerising recreation of the world of the Crusades, following its unlikely hero and those he meets on a journey of picaresque horror across a Europe of hatreds, visions and a desperate wish for salvation.
'A dark treatise on the mysterious nature of things ... The world according to Pilgermann is a brutish place borrowing from Hieronymus Bosch, pilgrimage narrative, allegory and the historical novel' The New York Times Book Review
'A strange and beautiful work' Evening Standard
Pilgermann features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, Historical fantasy
Pilgermann is available in Paperback
Pilgermann was written by Russell Hoban and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Pilgermann has 240 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Modern Classics series
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