Disclosure : This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.

The Man Who Planted Trees

Jean Giono`s beautiful allegorical tale is legendary. Written in the 1950s, its message was ahead of its time, inspiring readers to rediscover the harmonies of the countryside and prevent its wilful destruction. The narrator, journeying by foot across the barren plains of the lower Alps, has his thirst assuaged by the well water drawn by the shepherd Elzeard Bouffier. Here begins the subtle parable which Giono weaves of the life-giving shepherd who chooses to live alone and carry out the work of God. Over forty years the desolate hills and lifeless villages which so oppressed the traveller are transformed by the didication of one man. All with the help of a few acorns. Giono`s hope was to set in motion a worldwide reforestation programme that would rejuvenate the earth. The Man who Planted Trees is a hymn to creation and a purveyor of confidence in man`s ability to change his- indeed the world`s- lot.

Related Products:

Occupation Journal The Last Hillwalker: A Sideways Look at Forty Years in Britain`s Mountains Traveller`s Wine Guide to Spain Wildwood – A Journey Through Trees Camino de Santiago Maps – Eleventh Edition: St. Jean Pied De Port – Santiago De Compostela Fever Trees of Borneo Living with Trees: Grow, protect and celebrate the trees and woods in your community Into The Mountain: A Life of Nan Shepherd Moitessier – A Sailing legend The Young H.G. Wells: Changing the World 101 Places in Italy: A Private Grand Tour Under the Udala Trees Vincent`s Trees Wild Geese: A Collection of Nan Shepherd`s Writing Wild Geese: A Collection of Nan Shepherd`s Writings The Story of Trees: And How They Changed the Way We Live Central Park Trees and Landscapes: A Guide to New York City`s Masterpiece London Street Trees When the Hills Ask for Your Blood: a Personal Story of Genocide and Rwanda The Jewel The Pentland Hills, Midlothian and East Lothian: 40 Coast and Country Walks Italian Shoes One Thousand Chestnut Trees The Sixteen Trees of the Somme The Lady in the Van Ancient Trees, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Grampian Quartet: The Quarry Wood: The Weatherhouse: A Pass in the Grampians: The Living Mountain A Naturalist`s Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe (2nd edition) And In The Vienna Woods The Trees Remain: The Heartbreaking True Story of a Family Torn Apart by War Ceausescu and the Securitate: Coercion and Dissent in Romania, 1965-1989 The Rolls-Royce: The Magic of a Name: The First Forty Years of Britain`s Most Prestigious Company Tomorrow, We Ride Inside a Pearl: My Years in Paris The Little Book of Trees The Company of Trees: A Year in a Lifetime`s Quest A Massacre in Mexico: The True Story Behind the Missing Forty Three The Most Beautiful Villages Of Greece Greenwood Dark – A Traveller`s Poems Umbria: A Cultural Guide The Island of Missing Trees – Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Of The Year Award