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The Leper's Companions

The Leper's Companions

Blackburn, Julia

Paperback

Series: Vintage International

Historical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 0679758380
ISBN13: 9780679758389
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Sep 5 2000
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.51 Width: 5.19 Depth: 7.94
Language: English
Awards: Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
In this fascinatingly imaginative novel, Julia Blackburn has decimated all the rules, creating a magical tale that is part fable, part allegory, part present, part past, and wholly genuine and poetic.

The unnamed protagonist has recently lost someone she loved, and her solution is to abandon the present, and the overwhelming pain. The seamless narrative lands her in a medieval seaside village where mermaids wash ashore, devils haunt in packs, a child is born with the head of a fish, and where one day, quite out of nowhere, there emerges a sage and wandering leper. The leper leads a small group of the villagers, including the protagonist, on a journey to Jerusalem, a harrowing pilgrimage that compels all the travelers to confront their deepest selves.

Exquisite and lyrical, The Lepers Companions is a heart-rending tale by one of our most fiercely original storytellers.

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