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Informationen zum Autor Jean Giono (Author) Jean Giono was born in 1895 in Manosque! Provence! and lived there most of his life. He supported his family working as a bank clerk for eighteen years before his first two novels were published! thanks to the generosity of André Gide! to critical acclaim. He went on to write thirty novels! including The Horseman on the Roof! and numerous essays and stories. In 1953! the year in which he wrote The Man who Planted Trees ! he was awarded the Prix Monégasque for his collective work. Jean Giono died in October 1970. Harry Brockway (Illustrator) Harry Brockway was born in 1958 and studied sculpture at Kingston Art School and at the Royal Academy! where he learned engraving. He makes a living as a stonemason as well as a wood engraver. Klappentext A new! gift edition of the classic French fable from 1953! about one man's quest to create a forest. Beginning in 1910! it describes how the young forest spreads slowly over a previously desolate valley in Provence. With a new introduction by Richard Mabey and woodcut illustrations by Harry Brockway! it's published to celebrate Giono's 120th birthday. Zusammenfassung A beautiful gift edition of this classic fable about one man's quest to create a forest! with a new introduction by Richard Mabey. Elzeard's solitary! silent work continues and the narrator returns year after year to see the miracle he is gradually creating: a verdant! green landscape that is a testament to one man's creative instinct.
