Ebook {Epub PDF} The Law by Roger Vailland

THE LAW by Vailland, Roger and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru The most wonderful neglected classic is The Law by French writer Roger Vailland. Unusually, everyone I have recommended it to loved it. It is set in an extraordinary other world - that of southern Italy, in a small impoverished town dominated by an elaborate and suffocating code of family www.doorway.rus: 3. Part of a well cared for collection, found in a climate controlled setting. This item shows evidence of having been read, binding intact, discoloration, cover wear, clean graphics and print throughout. Book cover present as shown. Please refer to photos for further review and feel free to inquire.

The law book. Read reviews from world's largest community for readers. The most wonderful neglected classic is The Law by French writer Roger Vailland. Unusually, everyone I have recommended it to loved it. It is set in an extraordinary other world - that of southern Italy, in a small impoverished town dominated by an elaborate and suffocating code of family honour. THE LAW by Vailland, Roger and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru

A rather forbidding title applies also to a cruel, retaliatory game of chance still played in the Italian port of Manacore, symbolically as well to the game of life in which the whole village participates. Around the loves of its feudal patron, Don Cesare, a man reaching from old age, the author plays off the successive women he has taken and married off to others of his household or holdings. The Law is a study in the social structure of a small fishing village in Italy in the 's. The loosely woven story revolves around three main patriarch figures. Illicit romance, infidelity, class structure, and tradition are all subtexts of the daily life of this post-war southern Italian town. Find The Law by Vailland, Roger at Biblio. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers.