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Daniel Kehlmann transports the medieval legend of the trickster Tyll Ulenspiegel to the seventeenth century in an enchanting work of magical realism, macabre humor, and rollicking adventure. Tyll is a scrawny boy growing up in a quiet village until his father, a miller with a forbidden interest in alchemy and magic, is found out by the church. After Tyll flees with the baker's daughter, he falls in with a traveling performer who teaches him his trade. As a juggler and a jester, Tyll forges his own path through a world devastated by the Thirty Years' War, evading witch-hunters, escaping a collapsed mine outside a besieged city, and entertaining the exiled King and Queen of Bohemia along the way. The result is both a riveting story and a moving tribute to the power of art in the face of the senseless brutality of history. Translated from the German by Ross Benjamin
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Tyll, Daniel Kehlmann, Ross Benjamin
- Language
- Released
- 2021
- Binding
- (Paperback),
- Book condition
- Good
- Price
- €6.59
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- Title
- Tyll
- Subtitle
- A Novel
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Daniel Kehlmann, Ross Benjamin
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 0525562729
- ISBN13
- 9780525562726
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- German Literature, Politics, Germany, Wars, History of Europe, Escape, Magical Realism, Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
- First published
- 2017
- Original title
- Tyll
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- Daniel Kehlmann transports the medieval legend of the trickster Tyll Ulenspiegel to the seventeenth century in an enchanting work of magical realism, macabre humor, and rollicking adventure. Tyll is a scrawny boy growing up in a quiet village until his father, a miller with a forbidden interest in alchemy and magic, is found out by the church. After Tyll flees with the baker's daughter, he falls in with a traveling performer who teaches him his trade. As a juggler and a jester, Tyll forges his own path through a world devastated by the Thirty Years' War, evading witch-hunters, escaping a collapsed mine outside a besieged city, and entertaining the exiled King and Queen of Bohemia along the way. The result is both a riveting story and a moving tribute to the power of art in the face of the senseless brutality of history. Translated from the German by Ross Benjamin