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Title	:	Pilgrim
Author	:	Timothy Findley
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 538 pages
Published	:	by Harper Perennial (first published 1999)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Canada. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fantasy

Pilgrim Paperback | Pages: 538 pages

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Ageless. Sexless. Deathless. Timeless. Pilgrim is a man who cannot die, an astounding character in a novel of the cataclysmic contest between creation and destruction. Pilgrim is Timothy Findley’s latest masterwork, a finalist for the Giller Prize, and a national bestseller that has smashed the author’s own impressive sales records. Recently published in the US, Pilgrim is gathering rave reviews, and will be released in the UK this spring. It is 1912 and Pilgrim has been admitted to the Burghölzli Psychiatric Clinic in Zürich, Switzerland, having failed—once again—to commit suicide. Over the next two years, it is up to Carl Jung, self-professed mystical scientist of the mind, to help Pilgrim unlock his unconsciousness, etched as it is with myriad sufferings and hopes of history. Is Pilgrim mad, or is he condemned to live forever, witness to the terrible tragedy and beauty of the human condition? Both intimate and expansive in its scope, with an absorbing parade of characters—mythic, fictional and historical—Pilgrim is a fiercely original and powerful story from one of our most distinguished artists.

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Original Title:	Pilgrim
ISBN:	0006485278 (ISBN13: 9780006485278)
Edition Language:	French
Literary Awards:	Prix des libraires du Québec for Lauréats hors Québec (2002)

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In April 1912, the title character attempts suicide, again. And, after apparently succeeding, fails yet again. This starts the story. Because of his repeated attempts at killing himself, he is taken to Switzerland for psychiatric treatment at the Burgholzli clinic, and eventually becomes a patient of Carl Jung. Jung cannot accept Pilgrim's story that he cannot die, though he desperately wants to complete his life. He explains "Some are reborn. Others, such as myself, merely exchange one life for

Did not work for me. I can see readers appreciate this unique approach to historical fiction but it was not my barrel of monkeys (maybe if it had a barrel of monkeys?). Firstly, there are way too many tangents and side stories for my liking, it meanders around a lot and with so little focus in the book I know my focus was not there either. It played into one of my pet peeves of historical when our protagonist "interacts" with all kind of important people over the years, I get why people find it

✨Pilgrim ✨My book bestie read my all time favorite book the thornbirds, and in exchange she gave me hers.She is an OG Canadian who has introduced me to some award winning novels written by Canadian authors and Pilgrim is one of them.With a complex blend of true history and fantasy, I was entranced and couldnt wait to know more about the man named Pilgrim.He was brought to a psychiatric ward after killing himself for what some thought was the second time, and being pronounced dead only to be

One of the most annoying books i have read to date. I agree that it is really interesting and blah blah blah, however the book is tedious with loong explanations or over done paragraphs. i enjoyed the idea of the book and such but all was lost once i began reading on past the first half or so. There is this huge build up of Pilgrim and the truth, but nothing is explained and nothing is given a real conclusion. [Spoilers]............. I liked the idea of Pilgrim going missing and its up to the

Excellent! A great blend of fiction and history, re-imagined through the eyes of one of my very favourite story-tellers.Reincarnation (?) meets Jung's collective unconscious. With Leonardo (da Vinci, not diCaprio - it's not THAT book), Oscar Wilde, William & Henry James. Art and religion clash and coalesce. Doves, pigeons, sheep, dogs <3 and angels; unwilling saints and saintly lunatics. The sacred nature of nature. The transcendent, innate spirituality of art. Dreams, myth, madness,

Prose was superb! Pacing was kind of okay. And characterization?>- I could not believe he pulled this through with ease.This is one book to feast on! You won't be disappointed!

The book was unnecessarily long (published authors tend to be out of control when it comes to lengths of their subsequent works. or so it seems)interesting passages:- take on music from an apathetic person."music is the worst of them - roiling and boiling - overly emotionalized on the one hand, overly intellectuallized on the other. Bach and Mozart indeed! Bach inevitably makes me think of fish in a barrel! round and round and round they go and nothing ever happens. Nothing ! Tum -de-dum-dum.