Mim. Tal Lilly

Author: Tali Tal
Translator: Svyatoslav Gorodetsky
Publisher: Samokat

Series: Stories in History
ISBN: 978-5-00167-069-8
Pages: 512 (Newsprint) 
Binding
Weight: 564 g
Dimensions: 203x147x38 mm

The wheel of fortune turns inexorably: yesterday you were the heir to the throne, and today you are a court jester in a donkey-eared cap, dressed in an ugly outfit, dancing and fooling around to amuse the vengeful king. Twelve-year-old Florin, the heir apparent to the kingdom of Montfil, was lured into a trap by his father and, instead of celebrations marking the peace treaty, found himself in the Monkey Tower, apprenticed to the jester Mime, the most unusual character at the court of Vinlandia. Every day Florin learns to be a jester, falling lower and lower. But only by reaching rock bottom, when despair and humiliation seem to have corroded his very soul, can he find the strength within himself, regain hope, and discover the true value of life.

Tali Tal's novel is both an encyclopedia of medieval life and a canvas for psychological analysis: why do some survive while others are broken? How can you avoid losing yourself even in the most difficult circumstances? Each reader will find their own answers to these questions in the historical novel-fantasy "Mime".
15,500 copies have been sold in Germany in hardcover.
For middle and high school students.