Salt of the Earth is popular PDF and ePub book, written by Jozef Wittlin in 2019-02-05, it is a fantastic choice for those who relish reading online the Fiction genre. Let's immerse ourselves in this engaging Fiction book by exploring the summary and details provided below. Remember, Salt of the Earth can be Read Online from any device for your convenience.
Salt of the Earth Book PDF Summary
The classic pacifist novel by a major Polish writer, who was nominated for the Nobel Prize 'Only the villages are asleep, the eternal reservoir of all kinds of soldiery, the inexhaustible source of physical strength' The villagers of the Carpathian mountains lead a simple life at the beginning of the twentieth century - much as they have always done. They are isolated and remote, and the advances of the outside world have not touched them. Among them - Piotr, a bandy-legged peasant, whose 'entire life involved carrying things'. A notional subject of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, all he wants in life is an official railway cap, a cottage with a mouse-trap and cheese, and a bride with a dowry. But then the First World War comes to the mountains, and Piotr is drafted into the army. Unwilling, uncomprehending, the bewildered Piotr is forced to fight a war he does not understand - against his national as well as his personal interest. In a new translation, authorised by the author's daughter, Salt of the Earth is a strongly pacifist novel inspired by the Odyssey, about the consequences of war on ordinary men.
Detail Book of Salt of the Earth PDF
- Author : Jozef Wittlin
- Release : 05 February 2019
- Publisher : Pushkin Press
- ISBN : 9781782274711
- Genre : Fiction
- Total Page : 384 pages
- Language : English
- PDF File Size : 11,6 Mb
If you're still pondering over how to secure a PDF or EPUB version of the book Salt of the Earth by Jozef Wittlin, don't worry! All you have to do is click the 'Get Book' buttons below to kick off your Download or Read Online journey. Just a friendly reminder: we don't upload or host the files ourselves.