Description
In a world shaped by inherited violence and hard-won reputation, two brothers—Marceau and Ange Jason—are bound together by the same brutal family legacy, even as their lives begin to diverge under the pressure of fate. As storms gather and the landscape turns restless, their choices reveal how loyalty can be both shelter and trap, and how power within a family can echo outward into the wider community. With Giono’s lyrical, earth-rooted storytelling and a keen eye for human contradiction, the novel explores themes of brotherhood, moral responsibility, and the thin line between survival and cruelty. Part psychological drama and part elemental tale, it offers a high-stakes portrait of what it means to endure when the weather—and the past—refuse to let go.
Available Editions
hardcover
Peter Owen Ltd
Published Jan 1, 1982
227 pages
ISBN: 9780720691986
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First Published
1967
Language
fra
Translation
From: fra
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