Synopsis
'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
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780241485743
- Number of pages: 288
- Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 16 mm
- Weight: 214g
- Languages: English
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