The Leper's Companions

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book_author_name: 
Julia Blackburn
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Paperback
publisher: 
Vintage Publishing
published_date: 
04/05/2000
isbn: 
9780099272762
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Books > Fiction > Historical fiction
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Julia Blackburn|Paperback|Vintage Publishing|04/05/2000
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9780099272762
Book 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.
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