Aegypt
Aegypt by John Crowley, published by Orion Publishing Group in 2013, is a 448-page work that explores the intricate interplay of history, mythology, and imagination. The novel centers on Pierce Moffett, an unconventional historian who delves into the secret histories of the world, examining how ancient concepts of science, religion, and philosophy persist in modern thought. Set in the fictional town of Blackbury Jambs, Pennsylvania, the narrative unfolds through a series of interconnected stories that reveal Moffett’s journey toward understanding his place within a community shaped by both past and present.
Readers will encounter a rich tapestry of themes, including the exploration of alternate lives and worldviews, as well as the influence of historical figures like Shakespeare and John Dee. Crowley weaves together elements of fantasy and historical fiction, inviting readers to reflect on the nature of knowledge and belief. The narrative is marked by its philosophical depth and imaginative scope, offering a unique perspective on the connections between reality and the fantastical. This edition presents a thought-provoking experience for those interested in the intersections of history, fantasy, and the human experience.
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Reengaging the motifs of alternate lives, worlds and world-views that pulsed through his remarkable Little, Big, Crowley’s new novel shapes itself around unorthodox historian Pierce Moffett, who seeks to explain the secret histories of the world, the old notions of science, religion and philosophy that have survived in astrology, myths and superstition; not the real, geographical Egypt, but AEgypt, the cognate country of the imagination from which the gypsies came. In resonating stories nested one inside the other, Crowley describes Blackbury Jambs, Pa., where among ex-students turned shepherds and mystics turned babysitters, Pierce finally finds himself part of a community and rediscovers the source of his quest, the historical novels of local writer Fellowes Kraft, who has his own stories to tell of young Will Shakespeare, Elizabethan Doctor John Dee’s desire to speak with angels and Giordano Bruno’s thirst to understand his world, for which he would be burned as a heretic. Affecting, cerebral, surprising and delightful, this extraordinary philosophical romance suggests an unlikely but thriving marriage between a writer like Anne Tyler and one such as Jorge Luis Borges.
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