Jean de Florette: The Water of the Hills, première partieJean de Florette is the first part of Marcel Pagnol's moving, humorous, mournful, triumphant two-part novel titled The Water of the Hills. His story, set in the bucolic hillside of Provence, is a lesson in the power of nature- of the land in i...
Classics. Simply wonderful story-telling. Marcel Pagnol is considered a national treasure in France and these books show why. His writing is warm, tender and oh, so French.
Read this in French. Pagnol's descriptions of Provence were calming and lovely, and it makes me wish I could just pack up and go on a hunting trip to Provence. Plot-wise, the novel presents an interesting view on growing up and the changing perceptions of parents that results with age. However, I...
Theme tune (think Stella Artois) http://youtu.be/KFNt8XYR4Yo
If you're tired of these tricky post-modern novels, with their antiheroes and unreliable narrators and structural cleverness, then here's the perfect antidote. A really good, old-fashioned story, where you can unashamedly identify with the main characters, grit your teeth at the bad guys' perfidy, a...
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