num_pages: 126
description: Weakened by illness, an historian begins to believe in his encounters with hallucinations and magic, including a levitating Jesuit monk, on the island of Sri Lanka
language: English
title: The Scorpion-Fish
titlecomplete: The Scorpion-Fish
genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Roman, Asia, 20th Century, Contemporary, German Literature, France
ratings_count: 443
places: Galle
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Prix des Critiques, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Scott Moncrieff Prize
category: Robyn Marsack 
publisher: Carcanet Pr