THE LEPER'S COMPANIONS

New York: Pantheon Books, (c. 1999). 2nd printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 197 pages. Book and dust jacket are in Fine condition.

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In all of her books Julia Blackburn has proven herself to be one of the most original writers at work today, making the fictional narrative do the work not only of storytelling but also of invention.

As The Leper's Companions begins, we know only that the narrator has lost someone she loves, and in her bereavement she creates a past in which she might both lose and find herself: a fifteenth-century village in a land of living hybrids and walking spirits, inexplicable afflictions and miraculous reawakenings. She joins a group of pilgrims -- an old man and his pregnant daughter, a priest, a shoemaker and his wife, a dying woman, a leper -- on their way to Jerusalem. Moving effortlessly between the magic and the real, the past and the present, their journey transcends the physical terrain, taking us into the intricate emotional lives of each of the travelers, reflecting and ultimately redefining the life of the narrator herself.

Product Info

ISBN: 0679439846

ISBN-13: 9780679439844

Publisher: Pantheon Books

Year: (c. 1999)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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