One of Poland's most engrossing twentieth-century epics， by the 1924 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

In the village of Lipce， scandal， romance and drama crackle in every hearth。 Boryna， a widower and the village's wealthiest farmer， has taken the young and beautiful Jagusia as his bride - but she only has eyes for his impetuous son Antek。 Over the course of four seasons - Autumn to Summer - the tangled skein of their story unravels， watched eagerly by the other peasants: the gossip Jagustynka， pious Roch， hot-blooded Mateusz， gentle Witek 。。。 Richly lyrical and thrillingly realist， at turns comic， tragic and reflective， Wladyslaw Reymont's magnum opus is a love song to a lasting dream of rural Poland， and to the eternal， timeless matters of the heart。