Winner of the José Saramago Literary Award
In an unnamed Portuguese village, against a backdrop of severe rural poverty, two generations of men and women struggle with love, violence, death, and—perhaps worst of all—the inescapability of fate.
A pair of twins conjoined at the pinky, a 120-year-old wise man, a shepherd turned cuckold by a giant, and even the Devil himself make up the unforgettably oddball cast of The Implacable Order of Things. As these lost souls come together and drift apart, José Luís Peixoto masterfully reveals the absurd, heartbreaking, and ultimately bewitching aspects of human nature in a literary performance that heralds the arrival of an astoundingly gifted and poetic writer.
- ISBN10 0307456560
- ISBN13 9780307456564
- Publish Date 11 August 2009 (first published 1 January 2008)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 20 May 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Anchor Books
- Format eBook
- Language English