Jean de Florette
Title | Jean de Florette PDF eBook |
Author | Marcel Pagnol |
Publisher | MacMillan |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Provence (France) |
ISBN | 9780330307796 |
Tells the story of Jean de Florette, a 35-year-old, city-bred, hunchbacked idealist, his wife, Aimee, and his daughter, Manon. In the second novel, Manon seeks revenge for her father's death, and it is she who brings the wheel full circle in a final dramatic retribution in the town square.
Jean de Florette [and] Manon Des Sources
Title | Jean de Florette [and] Manon Des Sources PDF eBook |
Author | Marcel Pagnol |
Publisher | Prion (GB) |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | France |
ISBN | 9781853755293 |
Pagnol's tragedy explores themes of sacrifice, selfishness and revenge in a Provencal village.
The Time of Secrets
Title | The Time of Secrets PDF eBook |
Author | Marcel Pagnol |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1962 |
Genre | Aubagne (France) |
ISBN |
A Year in Provence
Title | A Year in Provence PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Mayle |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 2010-05-19 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 0307755495 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the Rhône Valley, discovers the secrets of goat racing through the middle of town, and delights in the glorious regional cuisine. A Year in Provence transports us into all the earthy pleasures of Provençal life and lets us live vicariously at a tempo governed by seasons, not by days.
My Father's Glory ; And, My Mother's Castle
Title | My Father's Glory ; And, My Mother's Castle PDF eBook |
Author | Marcel Pagnol |
Publisher | MacMillan |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 1991-09-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780330321907 |
With warmth, lucidity and good humour, Pagnol, a boy from the city, recounts the glorious summer days he spent exploring the sun-baked Provençal countryside. He vividly captures the atmosphere of a childhood filled with the simple pleasures: a meal, a joke, an outing shared with his close-knit and loving family. These heart-warming stories remind us of how children can invest the smallest event or statement with incredible significance, how mysterious the workings of the adult world can seem to them and how painful the learning process can often prove. However, Pagnol’s writing is filled with enormous optimism and delight. And his triumph in these classic memoirs is to have created that rare thing, a work suffused with joy. ‘Pagnol’s place in the history of French culture is secure. The Prousts and Sartres may be admired, but Pagnol is loved’ Times Literary Supplement
Jean de Florette and Manon of the Springs
Title | Jean de Florette and Manon of the Springs PDF eBook |
Author | Marcel Pagnol |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 1988-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0865473129 |
Title on the spine and cover reads: Jean de Florette & Manon of the springs.
Contemporary French Cinema
Title | Contemporary French Cinema PDF eBook |
Author | Guy Austin |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 1996-11-15 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780719046117 |
Examines popular French film of the last 25 years. Charts recent developments in all genres since the New Wave, including the heritage film, the thriller, the war film, `cinema du look'. Other topics include: representations of sexuality; the work of women film-makers. Includes a filmography.