by Marcel Pagnol · Pocket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782266001007
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«Jean de Florette» is the novel by Marcel Pagnol, published by Pocket in paperback (312 pages, in French).
In rural Provence, Jean, a man from the city, tries to make a living as a farmer while two greedy peasants hatch a plan to deceive him and take his land. A story about ambition, injustice, and man's relationship with the countryside, set against the backdrop of southern France.
First part of the dilogy 'L'eau des collines' ('The Water of the Hills') by Marcel Pagnol; the second part is 'Manon des sources'.
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.
