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The Solitude of Compassion (French: Solitude de la pitié) is a 1932 short story collection by the French writer Jean Giono. The stories focus on rural life in Provence . The book was published in English in 2002, translated by Edward Ford.
The Solitude of Compassion includes a short story, Jofroi de la Maussan, of which Pagnol made a movie. There is much better in this incredibly rich short book: Joselet, the sorcerer magician; The hand, the story of the blind man who knows that it is 5 am in the morning by touching the grass, because it is the hour when earthworms come out; the great barrier and the agony of the hare and its offspring.
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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.
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- The New York Times Book ReviewThe 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.
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Nov 5, 2002 · A widely beloved figure in his native France, he is the author of many novels, including The Solitude of Compassion, and the best known of which 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.
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.
