The Leper's Companions

Julia Blackburn

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English

Vintage
15 May 2000

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fantasy; Historical fiction; Magic

'An enchanting book that provides a vivid sense of life at a time when our forebears co-existed closely with hunger, dreams, lice, angels, contagion, foul odours, mermaids and miracles' - Barbara Trapido, Express

To escape from her own sadness, a woman finds refuge in a past time. In a village by the sea she watches the lives of the inhabitants unfold around her. But the year is now 1410 and this is a world of devils and miracles, a world in which there are no clear boundaries between reality and the power of the imagination.

A man's discovery of a mermaid washed up on the sand starts a chain of events that leads three of the villagers to accompany the enigmatic figure of the leper on a pilgrimmage to the Holy Land. The woman joins them and sets out without the certainty of ever coming home again.

The Leper's Companions was shortlisted for the Orange Prize.

By: Julia Blackburn
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 160g
ISBN: 9780099272762
ISBN 10: 0099272768
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 15 May 2000
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Leper's Companions

A woman needing to escape from bereavement and her own sadness walks down the street of a fishing village, then stops to sit with her back against a wooden hut. As she rests, she watches with calm detachment as the lives of the villagers unfold around her - but as they were in the year 1410. In a remarkable feat of imagination, Blackburn takes her reader back to a medieval world of miracles and devils, to join a leper and his companions on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The unhappy woman accompanies them on a journey in which she learns to let go, and to travel with no certainty of return. By the author of Daisy Bates in the Desert and The Emperor's Last Island, this book was shortlisted for the 1999 Orange Prize. (Kirkus UK)