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
And like Thoreau, who once spent a night in jail for refusing to pay his poll tax, Giono went to jail rather than obey his government's mobilization order in September 1939.*
From Time Magazine Archive
Up to last week French Author Giono was practically unknown to U. S. readers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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