The Man Who Planted Trees - Hardcover

Giono, Jean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0930031024 ISBN 13: 9780930031022

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Ltd, 1992

Synopsis

Jean Giono's beautiful allegorical tale is legendary. Written in the 1950's, its message was ahead of its time, inspiring readers to rediscover the harmonies of the countryside and prevent its willful destruction. The narrator, journeying by foot across the barren plains of the lower Alps, has his thirst assuaged by the well water drawn by the shepherd Elzeaerd Bouffier. Here begins the subtle parable which Giono weaves of the life-giving shepherd who chooses to live alone and carry out the work of God. Over forty years the desolate hills and lifeless villages which so oppressed the traveler are transformed by the dedication of one man. All with the help of a few acorns.

Giono's hope was to set in motion a worldwide reforestation program that would rejuvenate the earth. "The Man Who Planted Trees" is a hymn to creation and a purveyor of confidence in man's ability to change his-indeed the world's-lot.

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Review

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

Book Description

A beautiful gift edition of this classic fable about one man's quest to create a forest, with a new introduction by Richard Mabey.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0930031024
• ISBN 13: 9780930031022
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 52