The Joy of Sorcery

Translated from the German by Breon and Lynda Mitchell / 263-page paperback / 5.5" x 8.5" / ISBN 9781589881464 / Publication Date: 6/30/2020 "An exuberant fantasy . . . a daring book."―Der Spiegel "A headlong dive into love and magic, told with humor and heart."―Foreword Reviews As a young boy in Germany before the First World War, Pahroc discovers that he has special abilities. He can lengthen his arm at will, reaching out to pluck a cherry ten feet away; he can absorb all of the information in a book by placing two fingers on its spine; he can appear to others in the form of a crocodile: He is a sorcerer. Pahroc finds his own community of sorcerers, including Emma, the woman he marries, and as the years pass, he becomes one of the great masters of his secret calling. He works as a radio technician, then an inventor, then a psychotherapist, and the outside world never knows that he can fly through the air unassisted or walk through walls. Being able to temporarily turn to steel or con