L'uomo che piantava gli alberi

Hip Hip Hip, Hurra Logo após a visita guiada aos infernos que a leitura de "Quem Governa O Mundo?" me proporcionou, dei de caras e por acaso com "O Homem Que Plantava Árvores". Bem!... Foi como vislumbrar Luz ao fundo do túnel! Andava eu a afundar-me em águas turvas , quando um Anjo diligente, daqueles Leggi tutto

We could learn from this if we really wanted to. “When I reflect that one man, armed only with his own physical and moral resources, was able to cause this land of Canaan to spring from the wasteland, I am convinced in spite of everything, humanity is admirable.” I am forever an optimist des

4.5★~5“For a human character to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance over many years.” So begins this lovely story, almost a fairy tale, of a lone (not lonely) shepherd whom our narrator meets in a barren wasteland, tending a few she Leggi tutto

The Man Who Planted Trees is a magical allegorical tale by the French writer Jean Giorno. It reads like a fable, in which we follow the unknown narrator - an everyman - through a particularly dry and desolate area of France, “that ancient region where the Alps thrust down into Provence” . He wanders Leggi tutto

ABSOLUTAMENTE maravilhoso! Lê-se de um fôlego e retém-se para a vida toda. Foi um mero acaso encontrar este pequeno grande livro, nas minhas buscas para deliciar e inspirar os meus filhos e acabei por comprar uns quantos e oferecer a quem muito quero. Uma lição de vida, de humildade, de perseverança Leggi tutto

I think peoples’ opinions on this book are based more on the message of the book rather than the story itself. It’s the story of a shepherd who plants trees over many years, slowly transforming his barren part of the world into a flourishing fecund forest during the years of the First and Second Wor Leggi tutto