The Search for Heinrich Schloegel

Martha Baillie

The Search for Heinrich Schloegel
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Tin House Books
Country
United States
Published
16 September 2014
Pages
352
ISBN
9781935639909

The Search for Heinrich Schloegel

Martha Baillie

Martha Baillie’s hypnotic novel follows Heinrich Schloegel from Germany to Canada, where he sets out on a solo hike into the interior of Baffin Island. His journey quickly becomes surreal; he experiences strange encounters and inexplicable visions. Time plays tricks on him. When he returns to civilization, he discovers that, though he has not aged, thirty years have passed. Narrated by an unnamed archivist who is attempting to piece together the truth of Heinrich’s life, The Search for Heinrich Schlogel dances between reality and fantasy. Heinrich’s story, as it unfolds, in today’s disappearing North, asks us to consider our role in imagining the future into existence while considering the consequences of our past choices. Brimming with the creativity behind David Mitchell’s masterpiece Cloud Atlas in a far north setting, The Search for Heinrich Schlogel is a sophisticated story with magical underpinnings.

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