Un re senza distrazioni

This slim novel is packed full of remarkably vivid imagery. Giono's prose partially explains this intensity, but it is also the authors use of the contrast between darkness and light. The scene with Langlois and the Priest standing outside the rectory, looking out from the torchlight towards the dar Leggi tutto

I think NYRB is starting to lead us all on with the hyperbole of heretofore untranslated "masterpieces." They're really starting to (maybe it's been a long time) dress up slight novels of middling to no significance as hidden gems. I think I'll stick with the older ones - you're more sure to find go Leggi tutto

Au XIXe siècle, la neige condamne les régions les plus reculées de France à la paralysie, au silence et à l'ennui durant les longs mois d'hiver. Une série d'assassinat va pourtant réveiller brutalement l'un de ces villages figés dans l'attente, le plongeant dans la terreur et l'excitation... S'il est Leggi tutto

A lire avec des moonboots

This is the third book in the so-called 'Horseman Cycle,' coming two after Angelo (the first), which, naturally, was written many decades later. If you're confused by any of that, I guarantee it's not half as much as Giono is here with his own creation. The junk stuff of a good, even great, novel ar Leggi tutto

je savais que j’aurais pas dû garder l’arrière goût que la moi de 16 ans avait à propos de ce livre omggg 😭🙏🏼 plus sérieusement, je pense que j’aime vraiment beaucoup ce bouquin. je comprends que plus jeune j’aie eu du mal à le lire (pas de chapitres, des transitions parfois assez soudaines, des cha Leggi tutto