Reeds in the Wind (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780934977630)

The rugged landscape of Baronia on Sardinia sets the scene for this novel of crime, guilt and retribution. This novel presents the story of the Pintor sisters - from a family of noble landowners now in decline - their nephew Giacinto, and their servant Efix, who is trying to make up for a mysterious sin committed many years before. Around, below, and inside them the raging Mediterranean storms, the jagged mountains, the murmuring forests, and the gushing springs form a Greek chorus of witness to the tragic drama of this unforgiving land. Deledda tells her story with her characteristic love of the natural landscape and fascination with the folk culture of the island, with details about the famous religious festivals held in mountain encampments and the lore of the "dark beings who populate the Sardinian night, the fairies who live in rocks and caves, and the sprites with seven red caps who bother sleep." Introduction by the Sardinian ethnographer, Dolores Turchi.

Author: Grazia Deledda
ISBN-10: 0934977631
ISBN-13: 9780934977630
Publisher: Italica Press
Language: English
Published: 02/22/2009
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.49w x 0.52d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/21/1998 pg. 73