The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: 08/16/2011
ISBN: 9781590174579
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.50d