
The Implacable Order of Things
Jose Luis Peixoto(Author)
Anchor Books (Publisher)
Published on 11. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-307-38828-5 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the José Saramago Literary Award In an unnamed Portuguese village, against a backdrop of severe rural poverty, two generations of men and women struggle with love, violence, death, and-perhaps worst of all-the inescapability of fate. A pair of twins conjoined at the pinky, a 120-year-old wise man, a shepherd turned cuckold by a giant, and even the Devil himself make up the unforgettably oddball cast of The Implacable Order of Things. As these lost souls come together and drift apart, José Luís Peixoto masterfully reveals the absurd, heartbreaking, and ultimately bewitching aspects of human nature in a literary performance that heralds the arrival of an astoundingly gifted and poetic writer.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
255 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-307-38828-5 (9780307388285)
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E-Book
07/2008
Anchor
€5.49
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Person
Jose Luis Peixoto translated by Richard Zenith