Olivo Oliva (Picas)
Contributors: David Homel (Translator)
Edition: 1st Guernica edition
Series: Picas Series
Publisher: Guernica Editions Inc.
Published: November 21, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9781550712322
Subjects: Modern fiction; Fiction; Fiction - Fantasy; Fantasy - General; Fiction / Fantasy / General; Fiction / General; Action & Adventure
Description: The setting is an olive orchard in Sicily, where an olive quivers at the end of a branch, longing for his freedom. In the grass below, the orchard owner's daughter, Pina de Vita, has been seduced by the son of her father's enemy. From this unusual tableau is conceived our hero, Olivo Oliva, part man, part olive, a bastard who grows up to be a prodigious killer and obsessive artist.