The Glory of the Pythres

by Richard Millet

Book Overview

The Glory of the Pythres is one of the most famed novels by French novelist Richard Millet. Set in Corr?ze on the plateau of Millevaches, the novel tells the story of the Pythre family from the end of the nineteenth century to the late twentieth. It begins with Andre Pythre, who arrives in town one evening with a woman supposed to be his wife or perhaps a servant. Taciturn and melancholic, perhaps cursed, the Pythres live a grim existence, locked...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810160498
• ISBN13: 9780810160491
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Marlboro Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"