Elias Portolu

audiobook

Elias Portolu

by Grazia Deledda

FR·~5 hours·10 chapters

Chapters

10 total

I

37:06

II

38:17

III

36:15

IV

35:41

V

23:40

VI

50:31

VII

33:07

VIII

18:12

IX

33:59

X

27:21

Description

A warm Sardinian spring looms over the modest home of the Portolu family, where the scent of fresh bread and oil‑greened hills fills the air. After years behind bars, the youngest son Elias is due to return, and his elder brother Pietro is poised to marry. The household bustles with preparation, from the meticulous grooming of the eccentric patriarch Zio Berte to the quiet steadfastness of Zia Annedda, whose devotion to her children is as steady as the farmland surrounding them.

As neighbors gather and the village’s rhythm slows for celebration, the family's hopes are tinged with the unease of past disgrace and the unknown road ahead for Elias. The story paints a vivid portrait of rural life, familial pride, and the quiet strength that binds kin together, inviting listeners to step into a world where joy and lingering shadows coexist.

Details

Language

fr

Duration

~5 hours (320K characters)

Release date

2026-04-10

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Grazia Deledda

Grazia Deledda

1871–1936

Raised in Sardinia and largely self-educated, this Nobel Prize-winning novelist turned the customs, landscapes, and inner struggles of island life into fiction with a strong emotional pull. Her stories feel intimate and local, yet they speak to universal questions of love, duty, faith, and fate.

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