Elias Portolu: Romanzo (1903)

By Grazia Deledda

Book Overview

""Elias Portolu"" ����� un romanzo scritto da Grazia Deledda nel 1903. La storia si svolge in Sardegna e segue la vita di Elias, un giovane pastore che vive in una societ������ arcaica e tradizionale. Elias ����� un uomo tormentato che cerca di fuggire dalla sua vita e dalle sue responsabilit������, ma alla fine si rende conto che deve affrontare le sue sfide e le sue paure per trovare la felicit������ e la pace interiore. Il romanzo esplora temi come la religione, la morale, l'amore e la morte, e offre un'immagine vivida della vita nella Sardegna rurale del XIX secolo. ""Elias Portolu"" ����� considerato uno dei capolavori di Deledda e ha vinto il Premio Nobel per la letteratura nel 1926.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 110412212X
• ISBN13: 9781104122126
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Temptation and sin

Elias Portolu is a Sardinian peasant who has done time in jail, in Italy. One day he returns to the island, a few weeks before his brother gets married. Trouble begins when Elias starts to fall in love with his brother's fiancee. Being a loyal brother, he resists the temptation, and when it gets stronger, Elias leaves his home and goes to another village. But, as Goethe proved in "Elective affinities", love is not something we can control or decide, and so the story proceeds...Grazia Deledda, a Nobel-Prize winner, has written a novel of great tension. No good nor bad guys here: just human beings with difficult lives, in possession of moral values as well as human weaknesses. Worth reading.