The implacable order of things : a novel
Title:
The implacable order of things : a novel
Author:
Peixoto, Jose Luis, 1974-
Zenith, Richard
ISBN:
9780307388285
Uniform Title:
Nenhum Olhar.. English
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Anchor Books, 2009
Physical Description:
216 p. ; 22 cm
Abstract:
In a poverty-stricken, rural Portuguese village, two generations of men and women, hardened by hunger, toil, and hardship, are driven by a force beyond themselves to fulfill their assigned roles in an eternal cycle of death and retribution.
Subject Term:
Subject:
| Portuguese literature -- Fiction -- 21st century |
Summary:
In a poverty-stricken, rural Portuguese village, two generations of men and women, hardened by hunger, toil, and hardship, are driven by a force beyond themselves to fulfill their assigned roles in an eternal cycle of death and retribution.