The gypsy tribe

"Wanderers in a chaotic and brutal world, the Gypsies cling to their tribal customs. Then the old values crumble in their struggle for survival in the barren wastelands of the steppes, and the young men of the tribe challenge the authority of their elders. Love and hatred and death combine in this epic novel of a community threatened as much from the inside itself as by the inhumanity of the outer world."--Back cover