Giono
Americannoun
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Based on a 1953 fable by Jean Giono, Back’s beautifully impressionistic drawings make a simple argument for environmental renewal and individual agency.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
And “Joy of Man’s Desiring,” Clara Hédouin’s back-to-nature adaptation of a 1935 Jean Giono novel, took full advantage of its unusual setting.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
It's not easy to write a pastiche of Gide, Proust, Giono, Mauriac, Sartre or Camus, but you could teach a six-year-old to do Céline.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2013
Having set up his earthly paradise, Giono regretfully proceeds in his closing chapters to knock it to pieces.
From Time Magazine Archive
A robust romantic who has been compared to Homer, Walt Whitman and D. H. Lawrence, Jean Giono writes with an earthly smack and tang that urban readers will find especially appetizing.
From Time Magazine Archive
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