The Song of the World - Couverture souple

Giono, Jean

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0865470383 ISBN 13 : 9780865470385

Editeur : North Point Press, 1983

Synopsis

Book by Giono Jean

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Of Sailor's twin sons, the elder is dead and the younger is missing. A simple woodsman, Sailor resolves to find the boy, fearing the worst. Soon after he and his friend Antonio set off, they stumble across a blind girl giving birth. This strange circumstance proves typical of their journey into the heart of the forest. Sailor and Antonio discover that, though the lost Twin is alive, he is the target of a manhunt. As Sailor and Antonio attempt to rescue Twin, the adventures unravel at breathtaking speed. The net tightens around the three men until one of them is trapped and killed. And only then does the real action of this remarkable picaresque novel begin. In Giono's universe, no murder shall go unavenged.

This tale of primitive love and vendetta is cast in a timeless landscape of rive, mountain and forest. With its taut, fast-paced story and pastoral setting, The Song of the World is another triumph from the celebrated author of the Man who Planted Trees.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jean Giono (1895-1970) was born in Manosque, Provence, the son of an Italian cobbler, and lived there most of his life. He supported his family working as a bank clerk for eighteen years (with an interval serving in the ranks of the First World War) before his first two novels were published, thanks to the generosity of Andre Gide, to critical acclaim. He went on to write thirty novels and numerous essays and stories, as well as poetry and plays. In 1953 he was awarded the Prix Monegasque for his collective work. The same year, he made a prescient contribution to the "ecological" movement with his novella The Man who Planted Trees. This and his novel The Horseman on the Roof, which was made into a highly acclaimed film starring Oliver Martinex and Juliette Binoche, are among this author's titles also published by Harvill. Jean Giono married in 1920 and had two daughters.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: North Point Press
• Date d'édition: 1983
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0865470383
• ISBN 13: 9780865470385
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible