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One of Poland''s most engrossing twentieth-century epics, by the 1924 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

In the village of Lipce, scandal, romance and drama crackle in every hearth. Boryna, a widower and the village''s wealthiest farmer, has taken the young and beautiful Jagusia as his bride - but she only has eyes for his impetuous son Antek. Over the course of four seasons - Autumn to Summer - the tangled skein of their story unravels, watched eagerly by the other peasants: the gossip Jagustynka, pious Roch, hot-blooded Mateusz, gentle Witek ... Richly lyrical and thrillingly realist, at turns comic, tragic and reflective, Wladyslaw Reymont''s magnum opus is a love song to a lasting dream of rural Poland, and to the eternal, timeless matters of the heart.

The Peasants

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 9/12/2024
      ISBN13: 9780241524244, 978-0241524244
      ISBN10: 0241524245

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      One of Poland''s most engrossing twentieth-century epics, by the 1924 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

      In the village of Lipce, scandal, romance and drama crackle in every hearth. Boryna, a widower and the village''s wealthiest farmer, has taken the young and beautiful Jagusia as his bride - but she only has eyes for his impetuous son Antek. Over the course of four seasons - Autumn to Summer - the tangled skein of their story unravels, watched eagerly by the other peasants: the gossip Jagustynka, pious Roch, hot-blooded Mateusz, gentle Witek ... Richly lyrical and thrillingly realist, at turns comic, tragic and reflective, Wladyslaw Reymont''s magnum opus is a love song to a lasting dream of rural Poland, and to the eternal, timeless matters of the heart.

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