false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg 52940 9 Set in a small village in the French Alps, "Pig Earth" relates the stories of sceptical, hard-working men and fiercely independent women. This book is an act of reckoning that conveys the precise wealth and weight of a world we are losing. 2507135 1979 Pig Earth total:129|5:48|4:42|3:31|2:7|1:1| 129 516 252 19 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 5 2 false Wed Dec 24 09:53:37 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 09:58:03 -0800 2008 Into Their Labours trilogy (with Once in Europa and Lilac and Flag. The three have to be read together. It's a true trilogy; the books are distinct (and even have different forms--Pig Earth mixes short stories and poetry, Lilac and Flag is the only one that's a novel as such), an...more...]]> 976293 0679737154 9780679737155 16 1 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179947918m/976293.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/976293.Pig_Earth 2 2 false Fri Aug 10 10:18:09 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 10:20:33 -0700 2007
The only thing worse than reading a humorless book that sentimentalize...more...]]> 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 3 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 22 01:18:54 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 05:31:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 4 0 false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 10:07:46 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 10:21:03 -0800 2009
I would prefer to give Pig Earth a fractional rating, say 3.5 rather than 4, because overall I don't rate it a 4. BUT, there are parts of it that I would rate over 4 and so I'm going with the higher ...more...]]> 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 5 0 false Mon May 18 14:18:43 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 09:59:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 3 0 false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 17:30:17 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 11:37:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 3 0 false Sun Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 12:57:31 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 13:37:44 -0700 2008
Compared with the sweepingly literary pieces which form the bulk of this work, the author begins oddly with a sort of clinical treatise on the socio-economic position and threatened evolution of the European peasant. It's an introduction which nevertheless leaks the intent...solidarity ...more...]]> 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 2 0 false Thu Feb 12 17:03:38 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 18:53:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 4 0 false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 16:49:54 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 17:41:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 16:39:01 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 16:51:03 -0800 2009 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 5 0 false Sun Jul 05 19:43:43 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 19:52:55 -0700 2009
]]> 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 00:27:24 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 00:45:39 -0800 2009 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 4 0 false Mon Nov 03 21:15:48 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 24 23:43:17 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 21:15:48 -0800 2008 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 11 19:56:30 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 20:05:08 -0800 2008 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 5 0 false Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 14:30:27 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 14:32:58 -0700 2008 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 4 0 false Thu Jul 31 07:35:58 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 07:36:58 -0700 2008 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu May 08 10:25:44 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 10:29:37 -0700 2008 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 3 0 false Mon Aug 17 07:26:27 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 07:19:45 -0700 2009 52940 0747543038 9780747543039 113 18 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170397460m/52940.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52940.Pig_Earth 3 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun May 25 11:43:18 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 11:46:15 -0700 2008 976293 0679737154 9780679737155 16 1 4.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179947918m/976293.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/976293.Pig_Earth 0 0 false Sun Nov 22 09:55:05 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 09:55:05 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=52940