Alejandro de Yepes and Jess Rocamora, young officers in the Spanish regular army, are stationed alone at Castillo when a friendly redhead named Petrus appears out of nowhere. There is something magnetic and deeply mysterious about him. Alejandro and Jess are bewitched, and, in the middle of the sixth year of the longest war humankind has ever endured, they abandon their post to follow him across a bridge that only he can see. Petrus brings them to a world of lingering fog, strange beings, poetry, music, natural wonders, harmony and extraordinary beauty. This is where the fate of the world and all its living creatures is decided. Yet this world too is under threat. A long battle against the forces of disenchantment is drawing to a climactic close. Will poetry and beauty prevail over darkness and death? And what role will Alejandro and Jess play?
| ISBN: | 9781805333784 |
| Publication date: | 26th February 2026 |
| Author: | Muriel Barbery |
| Publisher: | Pushkin Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Fantasy Fiction in translation |
Alejandro de Yepes and Jess Rocamora, young officers in the Spanish regular army, are stationed alone at Castillo when a friendly redhead named Petrus appears out of nowhere. There is something magnetic and deeply mysterious about him. Alejandro and Jess are bewitched, and, in the middle of the sixth year of the longest war humankind has ever endured, they abandon their post to follow him across a bridge that only he can see. Petrus brings them to a world of lingering fog, strange beings, poetry, music, natural wonders, harmony and extraordinary beauty. This is where the fate of the world and all its living creatures is decided. Yet this world too is under threat. A long battle against the forces of disenchantment is drawing to a climactic close. Will poetry and beauty prevail over darkness and death? And what role will Alejandro and Jess play?
A Strange Country features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction in translation
A Strange Country is available in Paperback
A Strange Country was written by Muriel Barbery and published by Pushkin Press
A Strange Country has 336 pages
£9.89