by Marcel Pagnol · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782260004424
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«Jean de Florette suivi de Manon des Sources» is the novel by Marcel Pagnol published by Julliard in paperback (487 pages, in French).
Volume bringing together two novels set in the hills of Provence. In «Jean de Florette», a newcomer unaccustomed to rural life tries to work a farm coveted by some neighbours; in «Manon des Sources», years later, that man's daughter confronts the villagers who contributed to his downfall. Ambition, secrets and revenge intertwine in this story.
The two novels that make up the volume were originally published in 1962 and the work is also known as «L'Eau des collines».
Marcel Paul Pagnol was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Pagnol is generally regarded as one of France's greatest 20th-century writers and is notable for his mastery of multiple literary genres —memoir, novel, theatre and film.
