The Holy Man and Other Stories

Alexander Trocchi

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English

Alma Books Ltd
05 August 2019

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories

Above a disused bar, in a dilapidated Parisian hotel that houses an assortment of indigent, marginalized lost souls, one of the inhabitants, a mysterious, reclusive holy man, is the subject of much speculation from some of his fellow occupants and respectful reverence from others. As the tale unfolds, the dynamics of this precarious microcosm are laid bare, in a powerful portrayal of those society has forgotten.

Written when the author of Cain’s Book was at the height of his creative powers and enjoying an increasing reputation in avant-garde literary circles, ‘The Holy Man’ is here presented with ‘A Being of Distances’, ‘Peter Pierce’ and ‘A Meeting’, stories which similarly tackle themes of loneliness and disenfranchisement.

By: Alexander Trocchi
Imprint: Alma Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm,
Weight: 146g
ISBN: 9780714548470
ISBN 10: 0714548472
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 05 August 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mr Trocchi’s ideas (or, rather, his gropings toward the distant glow of ideas) are set down in prose that is always clean and sharp and often ferociously alive with poetry.

Reviews for The Holy Man and Other Stories

This collection will hopefully encourage people to discover the work of one of the most formidably intelligent and radical avant-garde writers Britain has ever produced. - The Morning Star