Summary of Reeds in the Wind
“Reeds in the Wind” resolves around three spinster sisters from the impoverished aristocratic Pintor family, who live in their country house in Galte (Galtellì) on the east coast of Sardinia. Their servant, Efix, manages the estate, carrying with him a deep sense of guilt related to the death of the family patriarch many years earlier. One day, a young man arrives at the estate. He claims to be the son of the fourth sister, who had rebelled against her father and ran away, causing scandal to the family. The young man’s arrival sets off a chain of events that challenges the family’s dynamics.
Reasons to read Reeds in the Wind
“Reeds in the Wind” is a classic work of Italian literature that explores the decline of the noble classes in early 20th-century Sardinia. Grazia Deledda received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926. Most of her novels are set in her native Sardinia. Other notable works by Grazia Deledda include “After the Divorce” and “Elias Portolu”.
Original title: Canne al vento
Year of publication: 1913
Nr of pages: 208
