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"The Solitude of Compassion paints a glorious portrait of small-town life in Provence, drawing on one village's cast of characters: the priest, the shepherds, the cafe regulars and its owner - radiant, wise, and decent, at times immoral and coarse, occasionally visionary.
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Earnest, contemplative, prestige and grave.
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- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Jean Giono
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 171
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781583225240
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