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Visions and Temptations

£13.50

In the eleventh century, in the city of Regensburg, Othlo of St. Emmeram lies on his sickbed and takes a journey through Heaven and Hell 

ISBN: 9780811229807 Category:

Description

Spurning carnal desire and earthly temptations all his life, the mystic Othlo is now in the care of his brother monks including the odious and semen-filled Wolkbart. Despite the spare walls which surround him, he frolics with Holy Dionysius in the Garden of Head-bearers (each carries his own head for eternity), descends from the island of Heaven, visits a brothel patronized by fallen angels, and witnesses the souls of the once gluttoinous wealthy fighting over scraps of rotting crabmeat in a ditch in Hell.

The third and final book in a series about mankind’s desire to conquer nature, Visions and Temptations follows Awake and Sublunar. In each novel, a great if imperfect mind facesis failed by the inevitable demise of the body. 

Additional information

Dimensions 20.3 × 12.7 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

128

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

839.8138 (edition:23/eng/20250408)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K