Laziness in the Fertile Valley

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. Another savagely defends the household from women. Serag, the youngest, is the only member of the family interested in getting a job. But even he -- try as he might -- has a hard time resisting the call of laziness.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 11/19/2013
ISBN: 9780811218740
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/02/2013