The Horseman on the Roof

The Horseman on the Roof - Paperback

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The Horseman on the Roof - Paperback

The Horseman on the Roof - Paperback

by Jean Giono
$36.00
$36.00

Book Overview

Perhaps no other of his novels better reveals Giono's perfect balance between lyricism and narrative, description and characterization, the epic and the particular, than The Horseman on the Roof. This novel, which Giono began writing in 1934 and which was published in 1951, expanded and solidified his reputation as one of Europe's most important writers.

This is a novel of adventure, a roman courtois, that tells the story of Angelo, a nobleman who has been forced to leave Italy because of a duel, and is returning to his homeland by way of Provence. But that region is in the grip of a cholera epidemic, travelers are being imprisoned behind barricades, and exposure to the disease is almost certain.

Angelo's escapades, adventures, and heroic self-sacrifice in this hot, hallucinatory landscape, among corpses, criminals and rioting townspeople, share this epic tale.
ISBN9780865470606
Author Jean Giono
PublisherFarrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2003
LanguageENG- English
Pages430
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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