The secular and the pious. The rich and the poor. Those with ?a capacity for destiny��and those who ?cannot afford it.��Emmaus is a world of stark contrasts, one in which four young
men?all from proud, struggling families, and all lusting after Andre, a hyper- sexual woman?are goaded from adolescence to manhood in a torrent of exploits and crises, sexual awakenings and
morbid depressions, naivety and fatalism.
A brilliant portrait of the perils and uncertainties of youth and faith, Emmaus is a remarkable novel from one of the very best writers in Europe.