The New York Times Best Historical Fiction of 2020 The Guardian\'s Best Fiction of 2020 Thrillist\'s Best Books of the Year Daniel Kehlmann transports the medieval legend of the trickster Tyll Ulenspiegel to the seventeenth century in an enchanting work of magical realism, macabre humor, and rollicking adventure.
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..
Translated from the German by Ross Benjamin The New York Times Best Historical Fiction of 2020 The Guardian\'s Best Fiction of 2020 Thrillist\'s Best Books of the Year Daniel Kehlmann transports the medieval legend of the trickster Tyll Ulenspiegel to the seventeenth century in an enchanting work of magical realism, macabre humor, and rollicking adventure.
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.
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.
After Tyll flees with the baker\'s daughter, he falls in with a traveling performer who teaches him his trade.
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.
Translated from the German by Ross Benjamin The New York Times Best Historical Fiction of 2020 The Guardian\'s Best Fiction of 2020 Thrillist\'s Best Books of the Year Daniel Kehlmann transports the medieval legend of the trickster Tyll Ulenspiegel to the seventeenth century in an enchanting work of magical realism, macabre humor, and rollicking adventure.
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.
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.
After Tyll flees with the baker\'s daughter, he falls in with a traveling performer who teaches him his trade.
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.
The New York Times Best Historical Fiction of 2020 The Guardian\'s Best Fiction of 2020 Thrillist\'s Best Books of the Year Daniel Kehlmann transports the medieval legend of the trickster Tyll Ulenspiegel to the seventeenth century in an enchanting work of magical realism, macabre humor, and rollicking adventure
