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Pilgermann (Paperback)

by Russell Hoban (Author)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; New edition edition (2 Jan 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747556407
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747556404
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 374,660 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Superb Pilgermann is history, metaphysics, a tangle of mysteries, profound and simple' Guardian 'A strange and beautiful work, whose mysteries are worth contemplation. Pilgermann is that rare thing a novel that can be read with profit more than once' Evening Standard


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5.0 out of 5 stars My favourite book, 23 Jun 2005
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I was first turned on to Russell Hoban by Riddley Walker, which was a set text for a university course I took called "Philosophy and the novel". It was an incredible read, and instantly became my favourite book. And then I read Pilgermann, and Riddley Walker was no longer my favourite book!

Pilgermann is a surrealist road trip that fuses some wildly disparate themes into a dark free-form narrative, mixing religion, philosophy, science, history and, umm, maths like a mad man's alternative school curriculum. The language and imagery are endlessly creative, and the characters both mythic and ridiculous. I've never read anything quite like the book, and can happily read it over and over again without any diminishment of the thrill.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Difficult book with historical-mystic theme, 3 Aug 2003
By Durnovaria (England) - See all my reviews
I normally like Hoban's work a great deal- "Riddley Walker", "The Medusa Frequency", "The Mouse and his Child" - with his characteristic mix of reality and fantasy. I'm afraid, however, that this one lost me entirely. Pilgermann is a mediaeval Jew who is castrated by a Christian mob but inexplicably saved from death by the mob's leader, and then embarks on some kind of quest ... but then the story gets into a tangle of Judaeo-Christian-Muslim mysticism that I couldn't fathom. It is beautifully written, but (at least to me) fairly impenetrable.
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