Elias Portolu Contributor(s): Deledda, Grazia (Author), King, Martha (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0810112507 ISBN-13: 9780810112506 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $44.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1995 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 95012332 |
Series: European Classics |
Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.4" W x 8.07" (0.80 lbs) 194 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 fianc e. 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. |