An epic tale of love, lies, and a family’s disgrace in the unforgiving south of Italy.

After receiving stunning critical acclaim and France’s most prestigious literary award, the Goncourt Prize, Laurent GaudA©’s The House of Scorta (published in France as Le Soleil des Scorta) has sold more than 400,000 copies. Spanning five generations in a small village in southern Italy, GaudA©’s novel is laced with infamous crimes, forsaken loves, and lifelong secrets.

The saga 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. While their lineage seems doomed to struggle, the Scortas are blessed with an imposing pride and a relentless faith in their own power. Besides a little tobacco shop they manage to open with their years of savings, their wealth all but lies in their memories and their collective belief in the pursuit of happiness.

GaudA©’s omniscient, linear narrative is interwoven with the recollections of the old Carmela as she delivers her last confession to the family priest, exposing the family’s deep-buried secret. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The House of Scorta (Laurent Gaude)