The Book of Sorrows

Author / Editor
Wangerin, Walter, Jr.

Title
The Book of Sorrows

Published
San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985.

Physical Description
x, 339 pp.

Description
Fantasy novel, loosely based on NPT, featuring Chauntecleer and Pertelote, along with various barnyard, woodland, and mythic animals. Sequel to Wangerin's "The Book of the Dun Cow" (1978).

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion
Nun's Priest and His Tale