The Solitude of Compassion

by Giono, Jean; Ford, Edward; Miller, Henry

• ISBN13: 9781583225240
• ISBN10: 1583225242
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781609800314
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-05
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
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Summary

First published in France in 1932, "The Solitude of Compassion" is a collection of stories about small-town life in Provence. Jean Giono invents a village of characters, often warm and admirable, at times immoral or coarse, who populate a world of striking reality.

Author Biography

JEAN GIONO (1895–1970) was born in Manosque, Provence, the son of a shoemaker and a washerwoman. A widely loved figure in his native France, he is the author of many books, the best known of which, perhaps, are Song of the World and Horseman on the Roof. He was awarded the Prize of Prince Rainier of Monaco for his body of work in 1953, became a member of the Académie Goncourt in 1954, and accepted a seat on the Literary Counsel of Monaco in 1963. Except for a few trips to Paris and abroad, Giono spent his entire life in his town in Provence.

Table of Contents

Foreword: From ``The Books in My Life''	7	(28)
Henry Miller
The Solitude of Compassion	35	(10)
Prelude to Pan	45	(22)
Fields	67	(12)
Ivan Ivanovitch Kossiakoff	79	(16)
The Hand	95	(4)
Annette or a Family Affair	99	(4)
On the Side of the Road	103	(4)
Jofroi de Maussan	107	(14)
Philemon	121	(6)
Joselet	127	(6)
Sylvie	133	(4)
Babeau	137	(4)
The Sheep	141	(4)
In the Land of the Tree Cutters	145	(4)
The Big Fence	149	(4)
Destruction of Paris	153	(4)
Magnetism	157	(4)
Fear of the Land	161	(4)
Lost Rafts	165	(4)
Song of the World	169