The Sermon on the Fall of Rome Paperback / softback
by Jerome Ferrari
Paperback / softback
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When the manager of the village bar absconds, a succession of would-be heirs descend - with disastrous results.
One by one, they are seen off by adultery, insolvency or the outraged morals of the general community, until Matthieu and Libero, native sons disillusioned with their philosophical studies, return to take up the reins.
At first they find success, but as lustful, avaricious reality intrudes on their idyll, they too are forced to concede, senses befuddled by pliant women and plentiful liquor, that all empires must eventually crumble.
Wise, comical, dramatic, tragic and absurd, Ferrari's epic in miniature reads like a Corsican One Hundred Years of Solitude, charting the intimate history of an inimitable island with dazzling, skewering precision.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Quercus Publishing
- Publication Date:06/08/2015
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- ISBN:9781782068396
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Quercus Publishing
- Publication Date:06/08/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781782068396