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Tyll : a novel / Daniel Kehlmann ; translated from the German by Ross Benjamin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publisher: London : Riverrun, 2021Publisher: c2020Description: 342 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781529403671 (pbk.)
  • 9781524747473 (ebook)
Uniform titles:
  • Tyll. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 833.914 KEH 23 016609
LOC classification:
  • PT2671.E32 T9513 2020
Summary: Daniel Kehlmann masterfully weaves the fates of many historical figures into this enchanting and picturesque book of magical realism and adventure. It is the story of the 17th century vagabond performer and trickster Tyll Ulenspiegel that begins before he is enshrined in rumors and myths. We meet him as a scrawny boy growing up in a quiet village. When his father, a miller with an interest in alchemy and magic, is found out by the church, Tyll is forced to flee with the baker's daughter, Nele. They find safety and companionship with a traveling performer who teaches Tyll his trade. This begins a journey of discovery and performance for Tyll as he travels through a world devastated by the Thirty Year's War, and encountering along the way a young scholar, a hangman, the German poet Paul Fleming, a fraudulent Jesuit scholar, and the exiled royal couple Elizabeth and Frederick of Bohemia among many others--building his sardonic reputation all the while.
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823.92 MIC 017089 The maidens: we all keep secrets even from ourselves / 823.92 RAU 016612 The boy at the back of the class / 823.92 WIN 017088 Still life / 833.914 KEH 016609 Tyll : 833.92 HAR 016774 The eighth life (for Brilka) / 839.3137 RIJ 015875 The discomfort of evening / 853.8 HAR 015525 Moustache :

Daniel Kehlmann masterfully weaves the fates of many historical figures into this enchanting and picturesque book of magical realism and adventure. It is the story of the 17th century vagabond performer and trickster Tyll Ulenspiegel that begins before he is enshrined in rumors and myths. We meet him as a scrawny boy growing up in a quiet village. When his father, a miller with an interest in alchemy and magic, is found out by the church, Tyll is forced to flee with the baker's daughter, Nele. They find safety and companionship with a traveling performer who teaches Tyll his trade. This begins a journey of discovery and performance for Tyll as he travels through a world devastated by the Thirty Year's War, and encountering along the way a young scholar, a hangman, the German poet Paul Fleming, a fraudulent Jesuit scholar, and the exiled royal couple Elizabeth and Frederick of Bohemia among many others--building his sardonic reputation all the while.

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