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The House of Scorta

Laurent Gaudé · 2004 CE · Novel · French · Contemporary

In a hill village of Apulia in the early twentieth century, a brigand's violence against a woman founds a family that the villagers treat as outcast. Its generations then struggle through poverty and shame and slowly build a place for themselves in Montepuccio. The Goncourt-winning novel draws on the cadence of southern Italian oral storytelling.

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Attributes

Genre
Historical
Theme
Class & InequalityMemory & TimeSurvivalTraditionDeath & Mortality
Archetype (Jung / Campbell)
EverymanScapegoat
Plot type
Generational Saga
Form
Chronicle
Symbol / motif
The SunThe House
Conflict
vs Fate / Godsvs Society
Mode / tone
RealistMythic
Culture / tradition
French

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