A king alone
Giono, Jean, 1895-19702019
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This is the first English-language translation of Jean Giono's 1947 masterpiece, 'Un roi sans divertissement', 'A King Without Diversion', which takes its title from Pascal's famous remark that 'a man without diversions is a man with misery to spare.' Giono's novel is an existential detective story set in a snow-bound mountain villagein the mid-nineteenth century.
Main title:
A king alone / Jean Giono ; translated by Alyson Waters ; introduction by Susan Stewart.
Author:
Giono, Jean, 1895-1970, authorWaters, Alyson, 1955-, translator
Imprint:
New York : New York Review Books, 2019.
Collation:
182 pages
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781681373096 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.912
LC class:
PQ2613.I57
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
2474062