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by
Russell Hoban (Author)
After Pilgermann, a German Jew in the year 1096, ravishes the tax collector’s wife, an angry Christian mob retaliates by brutally castrating him. Bleeding and left for dead, Pilgermann experiences a vision of Jesus Christ and resolves to set out on a journey to the Holy Land. Along the way, he will be joined by a motley group of companions: the headless corpse of the tax collector, a lascivious talking pig, a dead bear, and Death himself. In the story of Pilgermann’s quest, by turns funny and nightmarish, Russell Hoban is at his most original and most imaginative.
‘Superb … Pilgermann is history, metaphysics, a tangle of mysteries, profound and simple.’ – Guardian‘Not an easy read, only a fascinating and rewarding one.’ – Time‘A Mad Max of a metaphysical story … intriguing … mysterious.’ – Los Angeles Herald Examiner‘Pilgermann wants to jump off the page to lay hands on your shirtfront.’ – Washington PostNumber of Pages: 230Dimensions: 0.58 x 8 x 5 INPublication Date: June 02, 2015
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