About this title: When Jean Macquart arrives in the peasant community of Beauce, where farmers have worked the same land for generations, he quickly finds himself involved in the corrupt affairs of the local Fouan family. Aging and Lear-like, Old Man Fouan has decided to divide his land between his three children: his penny-pinching daughter Fanny, his eldest son - a far from holy figure known as Jesus Christ' - and the lecherous Buteau, Macquart's friend. But, in a community where land is everything, sibling rivalry quickly turns to brutal hatred, as Buteau declares himself unsatisfied with his lot. Part of ...
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Edition: Penguin First Edition
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin, UK
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780140443875ISBN:0140443878
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780140443875ISBN:0140443878
Description: New. When Jean Macquart arrives in the peasant community of Beauce, where farmers have worked the same land for generations, he finds himself involved in the corrupt affairs of the local Fouan family. But, in a community where land is everything, sibling r... read more
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1980-10-30
ISBN-13:9780140443875ISBN:0140443878
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