The Solitude of Compassion

by Jean Giono

Book Overview

The Solitude of Compassion, a collection of short stories never before available in English, won popular acclaim when it was originally published in France in 1932. It tells of small-town life in Provence, drawing on a whole village of fictional characters, often warm and decent, at times immoral and coarse. Giono writes of a friendship forged in a battlefield trench in the midst of World War I; an old man's discovery of the song of the world; and,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583225242
• ISBN13: 9781583225240
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.4"