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Glenway Wescott
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The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story (New York Review Books Classics) |
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| Published in: |
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English |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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136 |
| Date: |
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2001-01 |
| ISBN: |
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0940322560 |
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NYRB Classics |
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0.31 pounds |
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4.69 x 0.37 x 7.64 inches |
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3 b c bradley (USA: PA), ZooAskew (USA: OR), Valerie (USA: CA) |
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3 Stef & James (USA: MN), Marnie (USA: OH), JSmiley (USA: IL) |
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Product Description
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.
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