The house of Scorta
By: by Laurent Gaudé ; translated from the French by Stephen Sartarelli and Sophie Hawkes
Contributors: Sartarelli, Stephen, 1954-; Hawkes, Sophie
Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9781596921597
Subjects: Family secrets; Fiction; Poor families; Family-owned business enterprises
Work titles: Soleil des Scorta
Description: The story of the Scortas opens in 1870 with Rocco Scorta Mascalzone, the bastard product of a rape, and a notorious scoundrel, whose legacy the family is forced to confront.