Goose of Hermogenes - 9781805331469
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Product Details
Author:
Ithell Colquhoun, Jennifer Higgie
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
144
Publisher:
Pushkin Press (August 5, 2025)
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781805331469
ISBN-10:
1805331469
Weight:
4.8oz
Dimensions:
5.07" x 7.78" x 0.45"
File:
RandomHouse-PRH_Book_Company_PRH_PRT_Onix_delta_active_D20260427T224408_156034598-20260427.xml
Folder:
RandomHouse
List Price:
$17.95
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Pub Discount:
65
Series:
Pushkin Press Classics
Case Pack:
24
As low as:
$13.82
Publisher Identifier:
P-RH
Discount Code:
A
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Yes
Imprint:
Pushkin Press Classics
Overview
A trance-like feminist fairy tale of magic, alchemy, and the battle of the sexes—for fans of Angela Carter, Leonora Carrington, and O Caledonia
Britain’s foremost surrealist painter puts a lushly visual spin on the Philosopher’s Stone in her first-ever novel!
In this modern fairy tale inspired by alchemy, a nameless narrator is determined to protect the precious jewels in her possession from her uncle, the Prospero-like ruler of an island stronghold. Locked in a battle of wills, her uncle is equally determined to steal the jewels and use their power in his attempts to conquer death by magic.
Trapped in his house, she must use guile, strength, and the knowledge unlocked by a series of dreamlike encounters to escape without becoming herself a victim of his dark rituals. By the end of the novel, she has passed through numerous stages of transformation, discovered sexual ecstasy, spoken with the dead, and returned to where she began—her family home.
Enchanted islands, journeys across water, myth, magic and mystery define this narrative of twists and turns. The Goose of Hermogenes, which is another name for the philosopher’s stone, can transmute base metals into gold and confer eternal life. Structured around the process of alchemical transformation, rife with symbolic imagery, hallucinatory trances and cries from the unconscious, Colquhoun's novel is a feminist fable and its creator's supreme artistic vision.
Britain’s foremost surrealist painter puts a lushly visual spin on the Philosopher’s Stone in her first-ever novel!
In this modern fairy tale inspired by alchemy, a nameless narrator is determined to protect the precious jewels in her possession from her uncle, the Prospero-like ruler of an island stronghold. Locked in a battle of wills, her uncle is equally determined to steal the jewels and use their power in his attempts to conquer death by magic.
Trapped in his house, she must use guile, strength, and the knowledge unlocked by a series of dreamlike encounters to escape without becoming herself a victim of his dark rituals. By the end of the novel, she has passed through numerous stages of transformation, discovered sexual ecstasy, spoken with the dead, and returned to where she began—her family home.
Enchanted islands, journeys across water, myth, magic and mystery define this narrative of twists and turns. The Goose of Hermogenes, which is another name for the philosopher’s stone, can transmute base metals into gold and confer eternal life. Structured around the process of alchemical transformation, rife with symbolic imagery, hallucinatory trances and cries from the unconscious, Colquhoun's novel is a feminist fable and its creator's supreme artistic vision.
