Pig Earth
John Berger. Vintage Books USA, $14 (208pp) ISBN 978-0-679-73715-5
Three volumes of somber, masterfully crafted stories trace the lives of peasants in the French Alps. (Nov.)
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Reviewed on: 10/26/1992
Genre: Fiction
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