- French fiction, Giono, jean, 1895-1970, French fiction, history and criticism, French literature
An NYRB Classics Original: Deep in Provence, a century ago, four stone houses perch on a hillside. Wildness presses in from all sides. Beyond a patchwork of field, a mass of green threatens to overwhelm the village.
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Earnest, grave, prestige and bleak.
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- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Jean Giono
- First published
- 1929
- Pages
- 190
- Publisher
- Bernard Grasset, Gallimard, Diffusion Slatkine
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9780631142966
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