The Solitude of Compassion,9781583225240

The Solitude of Compassion

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Edition: Reprint
ISBN13: 9781583225240
ISBN10: 1583225242
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-11-05
Publisher(s): Seven Stories Press
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Summary

First published in France in 1932, "The Solitude of Compassion" is a collection of stories about small-town life in Provence. Jean Giono invents a village of characters, often warm and admirable, at times immoral or coarse, who populate a world of striking reality.

Author Biography

JEAN GIONO (1895–1970) was born in Manosque, Provence, the son of a shoemaker and a washerwoman. A widely loved figure in his native France, he is the author of many books, the best known of which, perhaps, are Song of the World and Horseman on the Roof. He was awarded the Prize of Prince Rainier of Monaco for his body of work in 1953, became a member of the Académie Goncourt in 1954, and accepted a seat on the Literary Counsel of Monaco in 1963. Except for a few trips to Paris and abroad, Giono spent his entire life in his town in Provence.

Table of Contents

Foreword: From ``The Books in My Life'' 7(28)
Henry Miller
The Solitude of Compassion
35(10)
Prelude to Pan
45(22)
Fields
67(12)
Ivan Ivanovitch Kossiakoff
79(16)
The Hand
95(4)
Annette or a Family Affair
99(4)
On the Side of the Road
103(4)
Jofroi de Maussan
107(14)
Philemon
121(6)
Joselet
127(6)
Sylvie
133(4)
Babeau
137(4)
The Sheep
141(4)
In the Land of the Tree Cutters
145(4)
The Big Fence
149(4)
Destruction of Paris
153(4)
Magnetism
157(4)
Fear of the Land
161(4)
Lost Rafts
165(4)
Song of the World
169

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