BOOKS by Jean Giono

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1	Man Who Planted Trees more books like this by Jean Giono add to wishlist An allegorical tale, urging readers to rediscover the harmonies of the countryside and prevent its wilful destruction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The horseman on the roof more books like this by Jean Giono add to wishlist Begun in 1934 and published in France in 1951, this is a tale about the return of an Italian nobleman to his native land, which he was forced to leave after his involvement in a duel. En route, he encounters a cholera epidemic, not to mention corpses, criminals, and rioting townspeople. In addition to being a chronicle about the transformation of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.18! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Joy of Man's Desiring more books like this by Jean Giono, Katherine A Clarke (Translator) add to wishlist A true forebear of magical realism, Giono creates men and women rooted in the folklore of provincial France. With a poet's grace and imagination, he weaves a grand story of the earth and of passion, of animals and weather, of the miracles we now call the laws of nature. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.90! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The song of the world more books like this by Jean Giono add to wishlist A tale of primitive love and vendetta set in the timeless French landscape of river, mountain and forest. Sailor, a woodsman, has twin sons, the elder of whom is dead and the younger, the red-head, has gone missing upcountry where the powerful landowner Maudru holds sway. With his friend Antonio, the riverman, he goes in search of the boy, fearing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.10! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Harvest more books like this by Jean Giono, Geoffrey Myers (Translator), Henri Fluchere (Translator) add to wishlist A true forebear of magical realism, Giono creates men and women rooted in the folklore of provincial France. With a poet's grace and imagination, he weaves a grand story of the earth and of passion, of animals and weather, of the miracles we now call the laws of nature. see all copies from $4.54! first editions
6	Hussard Sur Le Toit, Le by Jean Giono add to wishlist see all copies from $4.90! new only from $13.15!
7	The Man Who Planted Trees: With a Guide for the Woodwise Consumer more books like this by Jean Giono, Michael McCurdy (Illustrator), Norma Lorre Goodrich (Foreword by) add to wishlist The hero of the story, Elzeard Bouffier, spent his life planting one hundred acorns a day in a desolate, barren section of Provence, France. The result was a total transformation of the landscape -- from one devoid of life, with miserable, contentious inhabitants, to one filled with the scent of flowers, the songs of birds, and fresh, flowing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.75! \| first editions
8	Blue Boy more books like this by Jean Giono add to wishlist Giono's poetic--and largely autobiographical--story of a French boy called Jean le Bleu, from early childhood to his coming-of-age in World War I. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.68! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Serpent of Stars by Jean Giono, Professor Jody Gladding (Translator) add to wishlist "Giono has created his own private terrestrial domain, a mythical domain . . . It is a region over which the stars and planets course with throbbing pulsations. It is a land in which things happen to men as aeons ago they happened to the gods . . ."-Henry Miller In "The Serpent of Stars," the narrator encounters a potter's family, whose way of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.97! \| first editions \| SVS
10	An Italian Journey more books like this by Jean Giono, John Cumming (Translator) add to wishlist Giono's account of his travels in Italy deals with not only the sights he saw but why he felt compelled to travel in the first place and how travel is a transformative experience. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.78!
11	Un de Baumugnes. by Jean Giono add to wishlist see all copies from $3.58! new only from $6.99!
12	The straw man more books like this by Jean Giono add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
13	The Solitude of Compassion more books like this by Jean Giono, Edward Ford (Translator), Lydia Davis (Foreword by) add to wishlist Introduced by Henry Miller, these 20 stories, which were first published in 1932, are set in the Provence countryside, and reveal the dark side of peasant life. see all copies from $6.52! new only from $9.00! \| SVS
14	Le Chant Du Monde more books like this by Jean Giono add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.52! \| first editions
15	Jean le Bleu by Jean Giono add to wishlist see all copies from $4.00! new only from $37.00!
16	Que Ma Joie Demeure by Jean Giono add to wishlist see all copies from $4.41! new only from $41.50! \| first editions
17	L'Homme Qui Plantait Des Arbres by Jean Giono add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! new only from $12.27!
18 view cover	Second Harvest more books like this by Jean Giono, Henri Fluchere (Translator), Geoffrey Myers (Translator) add to wishlist In the village of Aubignane only three inhabitants remain - the blacksmith, a widow and Panturle, the hunter. Soon Panturle is abandoned and begins to lose his mind. But then a woman arrives and life is restored to the village as Panturle plants wheat to produce a second harvest. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.87! \| first editions \| SVS
19	Colline (Le Livre De Poche) by Jean Giono add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $37.00! \| first editions
20	Great Houses of Italy by The Editors Of Realites; Foreword-Jean Giono add to wishlist see all copies from $10.59! first editions
21	Homme Qui Plantait Des Arbres more books like this by Jean Giono, Willi Glaseur (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.00!
22	Noe more books like this by Jean Giono add to wishlist see all copies from $2.84! new only from $16.73!
23 view cover	Le Voyage En Caleche more books like this by Jean Giono, Albert Decaris (Illustrator), Jerome LeRoy (Preface by) add to wishlist see all copies from $6.99! new only from $13.69! \| SVS
24	Ennemonde: A Novel, by Jean Giono add to wishlist see all copies from $18.14!
25	El Hombre Que Plantaba Arboles by Jean Giono add to wishlist see all copies from $22.28! new only from $22.29!

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