The Leper's Companions
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| Author | Julia Blackburn |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books |
Publication date | 1999 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 208 |
| ISBN | 978-0-679-43984-4 |
The Leper's Companions is a novel by British author Julia Blackburn, published in 1999 by Pantheon Books. The narrative follows a grieving woman who escapes from the present by telling the story of a medieval English village. The book was shortlisted for the 1999 Women's Prize for Fiction.
An unnamed woman narrates the novel from the modern age. She is bereaved at the start of the novel. In an attempt to escape her emotions, she casts her mind back to the past. She finds herself in a medieval village haunted by various supernatural beings. A wandering leper appears in the village and guides some of the villagers on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.