by Dominique Fernandez · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253063766
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«L'École du Sud» is the novel by Dominique Fernandez, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (669 pages, in French).
In 1900s Sicily, Porfirio grows up in the family palazzo, raised among women and marked by his parents' absence. His relationship with Constance, a brilliant French student, embodies the clash between the baroque South and the secular North as fascism rises. Porfirio writes to explain his political drift and his marital failure.
The novel originally appeared in 1991 and this paperback edition was published in 1993.
For readers of contemporary French fiction interested in the interwar period, cultural clash and the rise of fascism in Europe.
Fernández is a Spanish patronymic surname meaning "son of Fernando" of Germanic origin. The Germanic name Ferdinand that it derives from means "brave traveler." The Portuguese version of this surname is Fernandes. The Arabized version is Ibn Faranda and it was used by the Mozarabs and Muwallads in Al-Andalus. Fernández was on the list of Officers and Sailors in the First Voyage of Columbus. The name is popular in Spanish speaking countries and former colonies.
