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Harvest time in the village of Lipce. Maciej Boryna holds more land than anyone else, has buried two wives, and now means to marry Jagna, the most beautiful young woman in the district and decades his junior. His son Antek, already married with children, wants her too — and also wants the land his father will not divide. Autumn here is not scenery but a clock: potatoes must be lifted, cabbage salted, feasts kept, and in among that work a family catastrophe grows until father and son come to blows in front of the whole village.

Contents

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12

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