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The Implacable Order of Things

José Luís Peixoto (2000)

SubgenreFantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages224 (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age16
Goodreads3.87/5 (1840)

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Positive tags

Hopeful Ending

Protagonist archetypes

Multiple POVsEnsemble Cast

Synopsis

In a poverty-stricken, rural Portuguese village, two generations of men and women, hardened by hunger, toil, and hardship, are driven by a force beyond themselves to fulfill their assigned roles in an eternal cycle of death and retribution.

Tags

Literary FictionMagical RealismGenerational Saga