The Erl-King

Name: The Erl-King
Author: Michel Tournier

by Michel Tournier

Perverse nobleman's obsessive love destroys lives across generations

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Michel Tournier

French author known for his brilliant literary reimaginings of myths and archetypes. Friday or The Other Island and The Erl-King are among the most ambitious and discussed French novels of the 20th century.

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