The Man Who Planted Trees

Giono, Jean

£7.99

Giono’s inspiring tale tells the story of a shepherd’s single-handed regeneration of a landscape. The story is accompanied by gentle wood engravings and is reprinted to celebrate the 100th anniverary of Giono’s birth.

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Publish Date: 07/07/2022

Description

‘And so, with great care, he planted his hundred acorns’

While hiking through the wild lavender in a wind-swept, desolate valley in Provence, a man comes across a solitary shepherd called Elzéard Bouffier. Staying with him, he watches Elzéard sorting and then planting hundreds of acorns as he walks through the wilderness.

Ten years later, after surviving the First World War, he visits the shepherd again. A young forest is slowly spreading over the valley – Elzéard has continued his work. Year after year the narrator returns to see the miracle being created: a verdant, green landscape that is testament to one man’s creative instinct. miracle he is gradually creating: a verdant, green landscape that is a testament to one man’s creative instinct.

‘I love the humanity of this story and how one man’s efforts can change the future for so many’ Michael Morpurgo, Independent

VINTAGE EARTH is a series of books that reveals our ever-changing relationship with the environment. These are stories old and young, set in worlds real or imagined, that allow us to explore our connection to the natural world. Transformative, wild, surprising and essential, these novels take on the most urgent story of our times.

Additional information

Weight 64 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 4 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

56

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

843.912 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K