| The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story Contributor(s): Wescott, Glenway (Author), Cunningham, Michael (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1590174577 ISBN-13: 9781590174579 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00011548 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.8" (0.35 lbs) 136 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This powerful short novel describes the events of a single afternoon. Alwyn Tower, 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. |