Short List Book Club: Tyll
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Exploring the best of the almost-best!
This event will take place at Kingston Library 61 Crown Street. No registration required.
September’s book is Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann
Tyll is a scrawny boy growing up in a quiet village until his father, a miller with a forbidden interest in alchemy and magic, is found out by the church. After Tyll flees with the baker’s daughter, he falls in with a traveling performer who teaches him his trade. As a juggler and a jester, Tyll forges his own path through a world devastated by the Thirty Years’ War, evading witch-hunters, escaping a collapsed mine outside a besieged city, and entertaining the exiled King and Queen of Bohemia along the way. The result is both a riveting story and a moving tribute to the power of art in the face of the senseless brutality of history. No registration required.
Short Listed for 2020 International Booker Prize
This event will take place at Kingston Library 61 Crown Street. No registration required.
September’s book is Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann
Tyll is a scrawny boy growing up in a quiet village until his father, a miller with a forbidden interest in alchemy and magic, is found out by the church. After Tyll flees with the baker’s daughter, he falls in with a traveling performer who teaches him his trade. As a juggler and a jester, Tyll forges his own path through a world devastated by the Thirty Years’ War, evading witch-hunters, escaping a collapsed mine outside a besieged city, and entertaining the exiled King and Queen of Bohemia along the way. The result is both a riveting story and a moving tribute to the power of art in the face of the senseless brutality of history. No registration required.
Short Listed for 2020 International Booker Prize
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Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St, Kingston, NY 12401-4944, United States
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