A blind Greek peddler tells the story of the wedding between a fellow peddler and his bride in a remarkable series of vivid and telling vignettes. As the book cinematically moves from one character’s perspective to another, events and characters move toward the convergence of the wedding–and a haunting dance of love and death.With the sensuous eye and profound sense of history that have made him one of the most acclaimed living novelists, John Berger, author of G., tells the story of a wedding that takes place in a Europe that is approaching the end of the century, a place where everything has changed – and not even the certainties of love are exempt. This is Berger’s fin de siecle , a transcendent celebration of passion at the end of our millennium.
