{"product_id":"the-pilgrim-hawk-a-love-story-paperback","title":"The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGlenway Wescott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Cunningham\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlenway Wescott (1901-1987) grew up in Wisconsin, but moved to France with his companion Monroe Wheeler in 1925. Wescott's early fiction, notably the stories in Goodbye, Wisconsin and the novel The Grandmothers (in which Alwyn Tower, the narrator of The Pilgrim Hawk, makes his first appearance), were set in his native Midwest. Later work included essays on political, literary, and spiritual subjects, as well as the novels The Pilgrim Hawk and Apartment in Athens (also available as an NYRB Classic). Wescott's journals, recording his many literary and artistic friendships and offering an intimate view of his life as a gay man, were published posthumously under the title Continual Lessons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Cunningham is the author of seven novels, including \u003ci\u003eA Home at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlesh and Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hours\u003c\/i\u003e (which won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and the PEN\/Faulkner Award), and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Snow Queen\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a senior lecturer of creative writing at Yale University.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 16, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771228324128,"sku":"9781590174579","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cc695e9592a89297c61ce85e33739d6c.webp?v=1780383540","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-pilgrim-hawk-a-love-story-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}