Rejected

A spellbinding novel about hypocrisy and unexpected love from a great new talent The return of his father from the war changes the life of young Lewis forever. His free existence with his mother is over and they have to adapt to the bourgeois life of the village again. When his mother drowns in front of him during a picnic, Lewis is left to fend for himself. He becomes alienated from his surroundings and starts drinking. When he eventually sets fire to the local church, he ends up in prison. When Lewis is released three years later, he has to pick up normal life again in his native village, where the inhabitants find him interesting but also threatening. The two daughters of his boss try to help him, but their good intentions have disastrous consequences.