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The Open Road

Af: Paul Eprile, Jean Giono Engelsk Paperback

The Open Road

Af: Paul Eprile, Jean Giono Engelsk Paperback
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A nomad and a swindler embark on an eccentric road trip in this picaresque, philosophical novel by the author of The Man Who Planted Trees.

The south of France, 1950: A solitary vagabond walks through the villages, towns, valleys, and foothills of the region between northern Provence and the Alps. He picks up work along the way and spends the winter as the custodian of a walnut-oil mill. He also picks up a problematic companion: a cardsharp and con man, whom he calls “the Artist.”

The action moves from place to place, and episode to episode, in truly picaresque fashion. Everything is told in the first person, present tense, by the vagabond narrator, who goes unnamed. He himself is a curious combination of qualities—poetic, resentful, cynical, compassionate, flirtatious, and self-absorbed. 

While The Open Road can be read as loosely strung entertainment, interspersed with caustic reflections, it can also be interpreted as a projection of the relationship of author, art, and audience. But it is ultimately an exploration of the tensions and boundaries between affection and commitment, and of the competing needs for solitude, independence, and human bonds. As always in Jean Giono, the language is rich in natural imagery and as ruggedly idiomatic as it is lyrical.
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A nomad and a swindler embark on an eccentric road trip in this picaresque, philosophical novel by the author of The Man Who Planted Trees.

The south of France, 1950: A solitary vagabond walks through the villages, towns, valleys, and foothills of the region between northern Provence and the Alps. He picks up work along the way and spends the winter as the custodian of a walnut-oil mill. He also picks up a problematic companion: a cardsharp and con man, whom he calls “the Artist.”

The action moves from place to place, and episode to episode, in truly picaresque fashion. Everything is told in the first person, present tense, by the vagabond narrator, who goes unnamed. He himself is a curious combination of qualities—poetic, resentful, cynical, compassionate, flirtatious, and self-absorbed. 

While The Open Road can be read as loosely strung entertainment, interspersed with caustic reflections, it can also be interpreted as a projection of the relationship of author, art, and audience. But it is ultimately an exploration of the tensions and boundaries between affection and commitment, and of the competing needs for solitude, independence, and human bonds. As always in Jean Giono, the language is rich in natural imagery and as ruggedly idiomatic as it is lyrical.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 224
ISBN-13: 9781681375106
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1681375109
Kategori: Moderne Samtidslitteratur
Udg. Dato: 12 okt 2021
Længde: 19mm
Bredde: 202mm
Højde: 126mm
Forlag: The New York Review of Books, Inc
Oplagsdato: 12 okt 2021
Forfatter(e): Paul Eprile, Jean Giono
Forfatter(e) Paul Eprile, Jean Giono

Kategori Moderne Samtidslitteratur

ISBN-13 9781681375106

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 224

Udgave

Længde 19mm

Bredde 202mm

Højde 126mm

Udg. Dato 12 okt 2021

Oplagsdato 12 okt 2021

Forlag The New York Review of Books, Inc

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