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Tyll

Kehlmann, Daniel, 1975-2020
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He's a trickster, a player, a jester. His handshake's like a pact with the devil, his smile like a crack in the clouds; he's watching you now and he's gone when you turn. Tyll Ulenspiegel is here! In a village like every other village in Germany, a scrawny boy balances on a rope between two trees. He's practising. He practises by the mill, by the blacksmiths; he practises in the forest at night, where the Cold Woman whispers and goblins roam. When he comes out, he will never be the same. Tyll will escape the ordinary villages. In the mines he will defy death. On the battlefield he will run faster than cannonballs. In the courts he will trick the heads of state. As a travelling entertainer, his journey will take him across the land and into the heart of a never-ending war.
Main title:
Tyll / Daniel Kehlmann ; translated from the German by Ross Benjamin.
Author:
Imprint:
London : riverrun, 2020.
Collation:
342 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Translated from the German.
ISBN:
9781529403657 (hbk)
Dewey class:
833.92
Language:
EnglishGerman
BRN:
2912756
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