The Solitude of Compassion

First edition of the title story in 1930

Author| Jean Giono
Original title| Solitude de la pitié
Translator| Edward Ford
Language| French
Publisher| Éditions Gallimard

Publication date

| 19 September 1932
Publication place| France

Published in English

| 2002
Pages| 224

The Solitude of Compassion (French: Solitude de la pitié) is a 1932 collection of short stories by the French writer Jean Giono, some of which had appeared earlier. The stories focus on rural life in Provence. The book was published in English in 2002, translated by Edward Ford.[1]

## Stories

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1. The Solitude of Compassion (Solitude de la pitié)
2. Prelude to Pan (Prélude de Pan)
3. Fields (Champs)
4. Ivan Ivanovitch Kossiakoff (Ivan Ivanovitch Kossiakoff)
5. The Hand (La main)
6. Annette or A Family Affair (Annette ou une affaire de famille)
7. On the Side of the Road (Au bord des routes)
8. Jofroi de Maussan (Jofroi de la Maussan)
9. Philmon (Philémon)
10. Joselet
11. Sylvie
12. Babeau
13. The Sheep (Le mouton)
14. In the Land of the Tree Cutters (Au pays des coupeurs d'arbres)
15. The Great Fence (La grande barrière)
16. The Destruction of Paris (Destruction de Paris)
17. Magnetism (Magnétisme)
18. Fear of the Land (Peur de la terre)
19. Lost Rafts (Radeaux perdus)
20. Song of the World (Le chant du monde)

## Reception

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Kirkus Reviews wrote in 2002: "Although most of the pieces here, first published in France in 1932, are set in the hamlets and countryside of Provence, they bring us into a world that is dark, spiteful, and lugubrious: a world of hard-hearted peasants bent on squeezing the life out of their neighbors much as they squeeze oil from their olives. ... Like Faulkner, Giono takes us into an unpleasant world shot through with strange and unexpected beauty."[2]

## Adaptations

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The story "Jofroi de Maussan" was the basis for the 1934 film Jofroi directed by Marcel Pagnol.[3] Between 1987 and 1990, France 2 made a series of six Giono adaptations under the title L'ami Giono, of which three were based on stories from The Solitude of Compassion: Jofroi de la Maussan (1987), Solitude de la pitié (1988) and Ivan Ivanovitch Kossiakoff (1990).[4]

## References

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1. ^ The solitude of compassion. OCLC 50164810. Retrieved 2015-11-17 - via WorldCat.
2. ^ "The Solitude of Compassion". Kirkus Reviews. 2002-12-03. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
3. ^ Contrucci, Jean (1994-12-22). "Giono-Pagnol: le match du centenaire". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 2015-11-17.
4. ^ "Jean Giono: Filmographie". Jean Giono, le voyageur immobile (in French). Bruno Poirier. 2000. Retrieved 2015-11-17.

## External links

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* Publicity page at Éditions Gallimard's website (in French)

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Bibliography

Novels|

* Colline (1929)
* Lovers Are Never Losers (1929)
* Second Harvest (1930)
* Blue Boy (1932)
* The Song of the World (1934)
* Joy of Man's Desiring (1936)
* A King Alone (1947)
* Les Âmes fortes (1949)
* The Horseman on the Roof (1951)
* The Open Road (1951)
* The Malediction (1952)
* The Straw Man (1957)
* Two Riders of the Storm (1965)

Short fiction|

* The Solitude of Compassion (1932)
* "The Man Who Planted Trees" (1953)

Other works|

* Les Vraies Richesses (1937 book)
* Croesus (1960 film)

Miscellaneous|

* Grand prix Jean Giono
* Night Across the Street
* Pan trilogy

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