Song Of The World - Softcover

Giono, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846553644 ISBN 13: 9781846553646

Publisher: The Harvill Press, 2009

Synopsis

A tale of primitive love and vendetta set in the timeless French landscape of river, mountain and forest. Sailor, a woodsman, has twin sons, the elder of whom is dead and the younger, the red-head, has gone missing upcountry where the powerful landowner Maudru holds sway. With his friend Antonio, the riverman, he goes in search of the boy, fearing that he too has been killed. On the way they come upon a lone girl giving birth in the woods at dead of night, and they bring her to a place of safety. Once among Maudru's drovers, who effectively serve him as a private army, they have to watch their step, the more so when they learn that the lost twin is in fact alive but the object of a ruthless manhunt, for he has married Maudru's daughter against her father's wishes, and is blamed, too, for the death of a nephew. With its taut yet elegiac atmosphere The Song of the World is unmistakably the work of a master storyteller.

About this title

About the Author:

Jean Giono (1895-1970) was born in Manosque, a small Provencal town in south-eastern France. His books include The Man Who Planted Trees, Second Harvest and The Horseman on the Roof.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About this edition

• Publisher: The Harvill Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1846553644
• ISBN 13: 9781846553646
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272