num_pages: 136
description: This 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. A 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.
language: English
title: The Pilgrim Hawk
titlecomplete: The Pilgrim Hawk
characters: Alwyn Towers
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, United States, France, Fiction, Novella
ratings_count: 1399
places: France
publisher: NYRB Classics