The Pilgrim Hawk

Download or read book The Pilgrim Hawk written by Glenway Wescott and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.