978-1-58838-104-0
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5 3/8" x 8 3/8"
$14.00 paperback
149 pages
NewSouth Books |
During the plague year of 1358,
Heron, a French student, decides to walk to the sea and then to seek
passage to England.
His journey symbolizes freedom, as he turns
his back on both the ruling oligarchy and the peasant armies forming all
over Europe. He travels through a chaotic wasteland, where armies clash
for unknown reasons, and robbers and warlords plague the barren
countryside. He meets death, destruction, and famine before finally
finding Claudia, the daughter of a medieval lord. Heron's
quest, stemming from a desire to create an ideal world out of a violent
and cruel one, leads him through despair and danger, before delivering
him to love.
Originally published in 1961, A Walk with
Love and Death was the third novel by Hans Koning (Koningsberger)
and was adapted to a film directed by John Houston in 1969.
about the author
Hans Koning is a prolific and critically acclaimed author who
has served as a staff reporter for the New Yorker and Atlantic
Monthly. He has published thirteen novels, several of which
have been made into movies; ten non-fiction books; three plays; two
translations; and a children's book. Koning's newest novel, Zeeland,
or Elective Concurrences, was also published by NewSouth Books.
Also by Hans Koning:
The Affair
An American Romance
The Petersburg-Cannes Express
Zeeland, or Elective Concurrences
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