Author: GLENWAY WESCOTT
Title: The Pilgrim Hawk
Description: New York Review Books, 2001. Paperback. Pp: 108. This powerful short novel describes the events of a single afternoon. Alwyn Towers, an American expatriate and sometime novelist, is staying with a friend outside of Paris, when a well-heeled, itinerant Irish couple drops in"with Lucy, their trained hawk, a restless, sullen, disturbingly totemic presence. Lunch is prepared, drink flows. A masquerade, at once harrowing and farcical, begins. A work of classical elegance and concision, The Pilgrim Hawk stands with Faulkner's The Bear as one of the finest American short novels: a beautifully crafted story that is also a poignant evocation of the implacable power of love. ISBN: 9780940322561. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
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Title: The Pilgrim Hawk
Description: New York Review Books, 2001. Paperback. Pp: 108. This powerful short novel describes the events of a single afternoon. Alwyn Towers, an American expatriate and sometime novelist, is staying with a friend outside of Paris, when a well-heeled, itinerant Irish couple drops in"with Lucy, their trained hawk, a restless, sullen, disturbingly totemic presence. Lunch is prepared, drink flows. A masquerade, at once harrowing and farcical, begins. A work of classical elegance and concision, The Pilgrim Hawk stands with Faulkner's The Bear as one of the finest American short novels: a beautifully crafted story that is also a poignant evocation of the implacable power of love. ISBN: 9780940322561. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780940322561
Price: EUR 7.00 = appr. US$ 7.61 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 2263035
- Book number: 2263035
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