num_pages: 216
description: To escape from her own sadness, a woman finds refuge in a past time. In a village by the sea she watches the lives of the inhabitants unfold around her. But the year is now 1410 and this is a world of devils and miracles, a world in which there are no clear boundaries between reality and the power of the imagination.A man's discovery of a mermaid washed up on the sand starts a chain of events that leads three of the villagers to accompany the enigmatic figure of the leper on a pilgrimmage to the Holy Land. The woman joins them and sets out without the certainty of ever coming home again.The Leper's Companions was shortlisted for the Orange Prize.
language: English
title: The Leper's Companions
titlecomplete: The Leper's Companions
genres: Fiction, Historical, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 183
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Shortlist, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Random House UK Ltd (A Division of Random House Group)