Book Details
- Paperback
- 204 pages
- ISBN 978-0-952155-89-8
Publisher Parthian
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Konrad is the new teacher in the old town. If you know the young, you can see the future
Konrad wants to control the future.
"And oh those children's voices singing beneath the dome."
In a strange medieval-like world, James Rourke constructs a fascinating inquiry into false Messiahs and failed utopias. His central character, Konrad, an enigmatic visionary, arrives, a stranger, in Aln and soon secures the position of Schoolmaster, beginning to enmesh the townspeople and the children in his power. Ambition propels him to Mayor but hubris brings his downfall when he declares himself king and Aln the New Jerusalem.
Konrad wants to control the future.
"And oh those children's voices singing beneath the dome."
In a strange medieval-like world, James Rourke constructs a fascinating inquiry into false Messiahs and failed utopias. His central character, Konrad, an enigmatic visionary, arrives, a stranger, in Aln and soon secures the position of Schoolmaster, beginning to enmesh the townspeople and the children in his power. Ambition propels him to Mayor but hubris brings his downfall when he declares himself king and Aln the New Jerusalem.
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