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 p
The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story
β Scribed by Wescott, Glenway
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
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,Β
itinerant Irish couple drops inβwith Lucy, their trained hawk, a restless, sullen, disturbingly totemic presence. Lunch is prepared, drink ο¬ows. A masquerade, at once harrowing and farcical, begins.Β
A work of classical elegance and concision, The Pilgrim Hawk stands with Faulknerβs The Bear as one of the ο¬nest American short novels: a beautifully crafted story that is also a poignant evocation of the implacable power of love.
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