Story of Elzeard Bouffier, a man of great simplicity and determination. He travels to Provence, in southeastern France and there alone with his sheep and dog, he builds a stone house and daily plants one hundred acorns.
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From the trenches to the home front, the most profound fiction inspired by World War I--and a moving memorial to the twentieth century's most cataclysmic event.
"South of France, 1950: A solitary vagabond walks through the villages, towns, valleys, and foothills of the region between northern Provence and the Alps. He picks up casual work along the way, and spends the winter as the custodian of a walnut oil mill. He also picks up a probl...
Edition originale, Grasset, 1929. Ce roman est généralement considéré comme une des oeuvres maîtresses de Giono.
The complete collection of celebrated works by animator, Frédéric Back.
"This wonderful book takes the reader into the intimacy of the homes of twenty great international literary figures, from the simple, tropical world of Ernest Hemingway in Key West to the Connecticut Yankee house of Mark Twain in Hartford, from William Faulkner's antebellum mansi...
A solitary man plants a forest over many years, rejuvenating a barren wasteland.
"Esta é a história de um pastor solitário que planta milhares de árvores numa região inóspita de França. Jean Giono faz-nos descobrir uma maravilhosa aventura cheia de ternura e de generosidade, numa homenagem à esperança e à perseverança."-- almedina.net
An enchanting countryside comedy about the marital woes of a sweetly deluded baker that snowball into a scandal that engulfs the entire town.
This haunting and compelling novel is concerned with a country house in Provence- the Moulin de Pologne- and with the Coste family who built it. But this Family is doomed by a curious and ruthless fate to destruction. The battle of the first Coste and of his descendants with this...
"South of France, 1950: A solitary vagabond walks through the villages, towns, valleys, and foothills of the region between northern Provence and the Alps. He picks up casual work along the way, and spends the winter as the custodian of a walnut oil mill. He also picks up a probl...