A mesmerizing tale of love and jealousy by Portugal’s most acclaimed young novelist. Set in an unnamed Portuguese village against a backdrop of severe rural poverty, The Implacable Order of Things is told from the various points of view of two generations of men and women, hardened by hunger and toil and driven by a fate beyond them to fulfill their roles in the never-ending cycle of violence, retribution and death. José, a taciturn shepherd, sees his happiness crumble when “the devil” tells him he is being cuckolded. Old Gabriel offers wise counsel, while a different kind of love story develops concerning Moisés and Elias, conjoined twins attached at the tips of their little fingers. Unable to live without each other, they find their tender communion shattered when Moisés falls in love with the local cook. And, of course, there is the Devil himself. Love may be a luxury, but there are moments of the greatest tenderness among even the most unlikely lovers. Written wit...
Author: Peixoto José Luís
ISBN: 9780385526784
Year of publication: 2008
Translator: Zenith Richard
Genre: Modern prose
Number of pages: 216
Reading time: 3 h. 36 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
Language: english
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