An edition of Pilgrim (1999)

Pilgrim

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1st U.S. ed.
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An edition of Pilgrim (1999)

Pilgrim

a novel

1st U.S. ed.
  • 4.0 (2 ratings) ·
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On April 15, 1912--ironically the very date on which more than a thousand people lost their lives as the Titanic sank--a figure known only as Pilgrim tries to commit suicide by hanging himself from a tree. When he is found five hours later, his heart miraculously begins beating again. This isn't his first attempt to end his life, and it is decided that steps must be taken to prevent Pilgrim from doing himself further harm.

Escorted by his beloved friend, Lady Sybil Quartermaine, Pilgrim is admitted to the famous Burgholzi Psychiatric Clinic in Zurich, where he will begin a battle of psyche and soul with Carl Jung, the self-professed mystical scientist of the unconscious--who is also a slave to his own sexual appetites.

Hungry for intellectual and spiritual challenge, Jung is fascinated by this compelling and enigmatic patient who refuses to speak. Slowly, though, Jung coaxes him to reveal the astonishing story of his existence. Pilgrim claims to be ageless and sexless, having lived as both male and female for four thousand years. Asserting that he has witnessed the greatest events of human history, he recounts his involvement with numerous figures who have shaped world culture, including Leonardo da Vinci, Oscar Wilde, and Henry James.

For Jung, probing this patient's mind proves a challenge that is both frustrating and enlightening. Is Pilgrim delusional? Are his memories only dreams or something far more fantastic? Is it madness or a miracle? These interactions with Pilgrim have a profound and unexpected effect on the esteemed and controversial doctor's own life and sanity, for his dreams soon become entwined with those of his patient's, while the anchor of his soul, his marriage, begins to disintegrate. The puzzle called Pilgrim will seemingly lead either to Jung's salvation--or his damnation.

Beautifully written, deeply evocative, and filled with a fascinating cast of historical characters, Pilgrim is both a richly layered story of a man's search for his own destiny and an absorbing, mind-expanding novel that explores the timeless questions of humanity and consciousness.

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English
Pages
486

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Pelgrim
2002, Uitgeverij de Geus, Singel Uitgevers
in Dutch
Cover of: Pilgrim
Pilgrim
2002, HarperCollins
Electronic resource in English
Cover of: Pilgrim
Pilgrim
2001, Éd. France loisirs
in French
Cover of: Pilgrim
Pilgrim: A Novel
February 1, 2001, Harper Perennial
Paperback in English
Cover of: Pilgrim
Pilgrim: a novel
2000, HarperCollinsPublishers
in English - 1st U.S. ed.
Cover of: Pilgrim
Pilgrim
1999, HarperFlamingoCanada
in English - 1st HarperFlamingoCanada hardcover ed.
Cover of: Pilgrim
Pilgrim
1999, HarperFlamingo Canada
in English

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PR9199.3.F52 P55 2000, PR9199.3.F52P55 2000

The Physical Object

Pagination
486 p. ;
Number of pages
486

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL45002M
Internet Archive
pilgrimnovel00find
ISBN 10
006019197X
LCCN
99041348
OCLC/WorldCat
41977320
Library Thing
85971
Goodreads
663869

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