Jimbo: A Fantasy (1909) is a novel by Algernon Blackwood. Having
already established himself as a promising short story writer, Blackwood
published his debut novel at the age of 40. A lifelong occultist,
Blackwood was interested in the fine line between the human and
spiritual realms, often incorporating supernatural elements into his
work. Jimbo: A Fantasy is a story of a young boy's out of body
experience after sustaining a terrible injury, a narrative that explores
the vibrant worlds we wake to in our dreams. "Jimbo had fallen on his
head. Inside that head lay the mass of highly sensitive matter called
the brain, on which were recorded, of course, the impressions of
everything that had yet come to him in life. [...] [H]e would have
to wander, lost and lonely, through the comparative chaos of
disproportioned visions, generally known as the region of delirium,
until the doctor, assisted by mother nature, restored him once more to
normal consciousness." Unsupervised, Jimmy wanders into the fields near
his home. Charged by an angry bull, he falls and strikes his head,
losing consciousness for an indeterminate period of time. As his body
struggles to stay alive, his mind creates a world of its own, a haunting
realm of dreams both fantastic and somehow realer, more vibrant, then
the world he seems to have lost. Jimbo: A Fantasy is a story for
children and adults alike, a novel that poses timeless questions
regarding the nature of our existence, both upon earth and beyond. With
a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this
edition of Algernon Blackwood's Jimbo: A Fantasy is a classic work of
British literature reimagined for modern readers.
