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Synopsis
In his wonderful story of Elzeard Bouffier, an imaginary yet wholly believable shepherd, Jean Giono perhaps hoped to inspire a reafforestation programme that would renew the whole earth. The story opposes the tree-planter, the earthhusband, to the makers of war. At the same time it shows us all that is best in man's relationship with nature - both parable and manual - and with his fellow man. For Giono, nature is a living force in which man can rediscover the depth and harmony he has lost in urban life. Michael McCurdy's beautiful woodcuts, which accompany the text, have helped establish this book as a unique edition of a unique and inspiring story for all times. When a Guardian survey recently revealed what writers would have liked to have written, War Horse author Michael Morpurgo plumped for this extraordinary title. The Man Who Planted Trees is now long establised as a literary, and enviromental classic.
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One of those amazing stories that is even more relevant now than before because we are screaming to find a way of bringing new life to our planet. This is the most compelling book I know and maybe the most important. Wish I'd written it myself. Very cross about that --Michael Morpurgo, The Guardian
This is a lovely, poignant little book by one of the most distinguished 20th-century French writers. --Sunday Times
Michael McCurdy's gentle woodcuts enhance this haunting little 1950s tale . . . a version of pastoral, regenerating a whole landscape and community. --Observer
You read it in half an hour and afterwards you have a story with you that you feel better for knowing --Rachel Joyce, Summer Reading, Sunday Express
You read it in half an hour and afterwards you have a story with you that you feel better for knowing --Rachel Joyce, Summer Reading, Sunday Express
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"In Giono's work what every sensitive, full-blooded individual ought to be able to recognise at once is 'the song of the world'" Henry Miller
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