Querry a world-famous architect is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a burnt-out case a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation However as Querry loses himself in work for the lepers his disease of mind slowly approaches a cure Then the white community finds out who Querry isFor more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world With more than titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
