The The Wife of Martin Guerre,Lewis, Janet Janet Lewis,

Name: The The Wife of Martin Guerre,Lewis, Janet Janet Lewis,
Brand: Janet Lewis

Janet Lewis

The Wife of Martin GuerreAuthor(s): Janet Lewis, Kevin Haworth\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Ohio University Press, United States\nImprint: Swallow Press\nISBN-13: 9780804011433, 978-0804011433\nSynopsis\nIn this new edition of Janet Lewiss classic short novel, The Wife of Martin Guerre, Swallow Press executive editor Kevin Haworth writes that Lewiss story is a short novel of astonishing depth and resonance, a sharply drawn historical tale that asks contemporary questions about identity and belonging, about men and women, and about an individuals capacity to act within an inflexible system. Originally published in 1941, The Wife of Martin Guerre has earned the respect and admiration of critics and readers for over sixty years.\n Based on a notorious trial in sixteenth-century France, this story of Bertrande de Rols is the first of three novels making up Lewiss Cases of Circumstantial Evidence suite (the other two are The Trial of Sren Qvist and The Ghost of Monsieur Scarron).\n Swal.