Elias Portolu (European Classics)
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- Synopsis
- Winner of the 1926 Novel Prize for Literature. After serving time in mainland Italy for a minor theft, Elias Portolu returns home to Nuoro, in rural Sardinia. Lonely and vulnerable after his prison exile, he falls in love with his brother's fiance. But he finds himself trapped by social and religious strictures, his passion and guilt winding into a spiral of anguish and paralyzing indecision. For guidance he turns first to the village priest, who advises him to resist temptation; then he turns to the pagan "father of the woods," who recognizes the weakness of human will and urges him to declare his love before it is too late.
- Copyright:
- 1992
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9780810112513
- Publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 03/19/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Martha King
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.