A barren region in France is brought back to life by the efforts of Elzeard Bouffier who, with great determiniation, plants 100 acorns everyday over thirty years.[...]
This is a beautiful gift edition of this classic fable about one man's quest to create a forest, with a new introduction by Richard Mabey. In 1910, while hiking through the wild lavender in a wind-swept, desolate valley in Provence, a man comes across a shepherd called Elzeard Bouffier. Staying with[...]
In "An Italian Journey, " Jean Giono describes his journey to the land of his father's people. A reluctant traveler (he rarely left Provence), Giono discovers a strange beauty not only in the palazzi and canals of Venice but also in wistful waiters, suspicious hairdressers, pugnacious men of God, re[...]
Jean Giono's beautiful allegorical tale is legendary. Written in the 1950's, its message was ahead of its time, inspiring readers to rediscover the harmonies of the countryside and prevent its willful destruction.The narrator, journeying by foot across the barren plains of the lower Alps, has his th[...]
A tale of primitive love and vendetta set in the timeless French landscape of river, mountain, and forest.Sailor, a woodsman, has twin sons, one of whom is dead. The other has gone missing upcountry where a powerful landowner, Maudru, holds sway. With his friend the riverman, Sailor goes in search o[...]
Jean Giono's beautiful allegorical tale is legendary. Written in the 1950s, its message was ahead of its time, inspiring readers to rediscover the harmonies of the countryside and prevent its wilful destruction. The narrator, journeying by foot across the barren plains of the lower Alps, has his thi[...]
Twenty years ago Chelsea Green published the first trade edition of The Man Who Planted Trees, a timeless eco-fable about what one person can do to restore the earth. The hero of the story, Elzeard Bouffier, spent his life planting one hundred acorns a day in a desolate, barren section of Provence i[...]
Handlingen i Vårvinden är förlagd till den döende bergsbyn Aubignane. I berättelsens början befolkas den av endast några gamlingar och den 40-årige jägaren Panturle. Då åldringarna ger sig av blir Panturle ensam kvar. Hans isolering bryts dock på närmast övernaturliga vägar av den avd[...]
I ett av de fyra övervuxna husen i den ödsliga provensalska byn på kullens sluttning ligger gubben Janet på sitt yttersta. I sin krafts dagar besatt han en trollkraft som fick byn att blomstra. Nu yrar han hemlighetsfulla oroande ord. Snart följer olyckor slag i slag, en förbannelse tycks vila[...]
Jean Giono (18951970), en av Frankrikes främsta 1900-talsförfattare, föddes och levde hela sitt liv i norra Provence, där flertalet av hans många verk också tilldrar sig. I fabeln Mannen som planterade träd, ursprungligen skriven 1953 på beställning av Readers Digest under rubriken »Den m�[...]