Description
Product ID: | 9780141396781 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
Title: | Ancient Tillage |
Authors: | Author: Raduan Nassar, Karen Sotelino |
Page Count: | 144 |
Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction in translation, Fiction in translation |
Description: | Select Guide Rating For Andre, a young man growing up on a farm in Brazil, life consists of 'the earth, the wheat, the bread, our table and our family'. He loves the land, fears his austere, pious father who preaches from the head of the table as if it is a pulpit, and loathes himself, as he starts to harbour shameful feelings for his sister Ana. ''How often, honestly, does the unveiling in translation of a ''forgotten genius'' live up to the hype? Well here''s one that does: Raduan Nassar'' Times Literary Supplement |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2016-01-07 |