A wonderful collection of three surreal stories from French master
Émile Zola given a fresh new translation Sixty-two-year-old Louis
Roubieu sees his family's long-awaited prosperity as a reward rained
upon him by God for years of arduous toil on the land. Yet it is the
very abundance of God's rain, initially observed from the window of
their imposing farmhouse, which comes to pose a dire threat to not
merely their livelihood but their very lives. Along with the
complementary stories presented here, the celebrated "Blood" and "Three
Wars," this is a departure from the dark realism for which Zola is more
commonly known.