Laziness in the Fertile Valley by Albert Cossery

Laziness in the Fertile Valley

Albert Cossery with William Goyen (Translator), Anna Della Subin (Contributor)

189 pages first pub 1948 (editions)

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Laziness in the Fertile Valley is Albert Cossery's biting social satire about a father, his three sons, and their uncle -- slackers one and all. One brother has been sleeping for almost seven years, waking only to use the bathroom and eat a meal. ...

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Strong character development?

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Loveable characters?

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