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Un étranger mystérieux, un orage qui gronde, des paysans ivres, et c'est soudain un déchaînement de violence, une transe collective qui s'empare de tout le village pour s'achever en orgie dionysiaque... Une femme se laisse charmer par les chansons d'un ouvrier italien au désespoir de son mari ; un vieil homme prêt à tout pour défendre les arbres qu'il a plantés ; une jeune fille qui tache sa robe de mariée en aidant son père à saigner un cochon... Quatre nouvelles au goût amer, quatre textes marqués par le mal qui ronge le coeur des paysans.
- GenresShort Stories
112 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published September 29, 2005
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About the author
Jean Giono
334 books346 followersJean Giono, the only son of a cobbler and a laundress, was one of France's greatest writers. His prodigious literary output included stories, essays, poetry, plays, film scripts, translations and over thirty novels, many of which have been translated into English.
Giono was a pacifist, and was twice imprisoned in France at the outset and conclusion of World War II.
He remained tied to Provence and Manosque, the little city where he was born in 1895 and, in 1970, died.
Giono was awarded the Prix Bretano, the Prix de Monaco (for the most outstanding collected work by a French writer), the Légion d'Honneur, and he was a member of the Académie Goncourt.
Giono was a pacifist, and was twice imprisoned in France at the outset and conclusion of World War II.
He remained tied to Provence and Manosque, the little city where he was born in 1895 and, in 1970, died.
Giono was awarded the Prix Bretano, the Prix de Monaco (for the most outstanding collected work by a French writer), the Légion d'Honneur, and he was a member of the Académie Goncourt.
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