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In the village of Aubignane only three inhabitants remain - the blacksmith, a widow and Panturle, the hunter. Soon Panturle is abandoned and begins to lose his mind. But then a woman arrives and life is restored to the village as Panturle plants wheat to produce a second harvest.
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出版社周刊评论
First published in France in 1930, Giono's lush tale of love and loss is being reissued in a new translation and illustrated with 12 provocative woodcuts by L.W. Graux. Giono (1895-1970) was French-born, of Italian origin, and wrote such beloved stories as The Man Who Planted Trees and Horseman on the Roof. He sets his succulent novel in the nearly abandoned Provenal village of Aubignane, home to three people: 80-year-old Gaubert, who soon leaves, seeking solace in his old age with his son in a neighboring village; a widow still grieving the loss of her husband and baby son, and seemingly growing more unstable; and 40-year-old Panturle, a huge, gruff and isolated hunter. When Mameche, the widow, disappears, Panturle grows nearly wild in his solitude. As he's on the edge of deep despair, a woman, Arsule, happens along. Arsule's story being a sad one, she happily leaves the man she's traveling with, who works her like an animal, and moves in with Panturle. Soon she's making clothes and redecorating the home, while Panturle finds himself with renewed faith in love and life, anxious to begin planting wheat and harvesting the earth's bounty. Giono invests his prose with stunning descriptions of the countryside and lyrical evocations of the majestic seasons ("Spring clung to his shoulders like a big cat"). The couple's romance is practical and their partnership utilitarian, but Giono renders their love lavish as they make a life where the air smells of lavender and where "such a passion has seized the earth... such a passion!" (Nov.) FYI: Giono was awarded the Prix Mongasque in 1953 for his collective work. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus评论
A seductive story of grief and love by the incomparable Giono (1895'1970), originally published in France in 1930 and now reissued in a splendid new illustrated edition. Giono (The Man Who Planted Trees, Horseman on the Roof, etc.), like many Provenals, was a Frenchman of Italian descent, and his tales take place mainly among the shadows of the forgotten, half-deserted villages of Provence. Here he brings us into the overgrown thickets of Aubignane, nearly a ghost town with only three inhabitants: Gaubert, the blacksmith; the widow Mamche; and the solitary farmer Panturle. Mamche lost her husband in a well-digging accident shortly before her son was born; three years later the boy ate hemlock by mistake and died. Eventually Mamche leaves, to forget her sorrows. Gaubert also moves on: At 80, he's too old to look after himself, so he goes to pass his final years with his son in a neighboring village. For a long time Panturle is the only one left in Aubignane, a giant man living among the cats and goats of his farm, hunting foxes and game amid the fallow pastures and keeping house for himself like a hermit. One day, however, he falls into a stream while hunting and is fished out by Arsule, a young woman traveling through the area with Gdmus, the itinerant knife-grinder. Having saved Panturle from drowning, Arsule takes him home and nurses him to health. It's easy for her to stay on, since she grew up in an acting troupe and has no home of her own, and she and Panturle fall in love. Arsule transforms Panturle's hut into a real home, and soon other families settle in the region. Aubignane becomes a town once more'a collection of homes and children rather than houses and lands. With magical prose narrating a fairy tale of real depth, this deserves to be considered a literary classic.
《图书馆杂志》(Library Journal )书评
First published in France in 1930, this is a novel of rare charm and magicÄa poignant love story, masterfully told. Panturle, the young man at the center of the story, lives a very simple life alone in the Provenal uplands, a place that appears almost untouched by history. A hunter and trapper, he asks for very little of life, but when spring comes, he finds himself suddenly yearning for companionship and love. Arsule, a vagabond who drifts into town with a theatrical performer and is abandoned, is the young woman he comes to love. The life they build together in the deserted farming village of Aubignane is full of simple pastoral pleasures exquisitely rendered by Giono. Although American readers will no doubt need to be patient as they acclimate to Giono's style and fictional world, their patience will be richly rewarded. An enchanting novel, enthusiastically recommended.ÄPatrick Sullivan, Manchester Community-Technical Coll., CT (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.