The Open Road

preview-18
  • The Open Road Book Detail

  • Author : Jean Giono
  • Release Date : 2021-10-12
  • Publisher : New York Review of Books
  • Genre : Fiction
  • Pages : 241
  • ISBN 13 : 1681375109
  • File Size : 64,64 MB

The Open Road by Jean Giono PDF Summary

Book Description: 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.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own The Open Road books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

The Open Road

The Open Road

File Size : 67,67 MB
Total View : 1770 Views
DOWNLOAD

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,

Policing the Open Road

Policing the Open Road

File Size : 50,50 MB
Total View : 7745 Views
DOWNLOAD

A Smithsonian Best History Book of the Year Winner of the Littleton-Griswold Prize Winner of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award Winner of the Order of the Coif Award

Open Road

Open Road

File Size : 23,23 MB
Total View : 5280 Views
DOWNLOAD

Fans of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild, Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods, and Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love will enjoy author Toby Neal’s road trip travel

The Open Road

The Open Road

File Size : 37,37 MB
Total View : 8843 Views
DOWNLOAD

After the end of World War II, the American road trip began appearing prominently in literature, music, movies, and photography. Many photographers embarked on

The Last Open Road

The Last Open Road

File Size : 60,60 MB
Total View : 3098 Views
DOWNLOAD

A year out of high school in the early 1950s, New Jersey mechanic Buddy Palumbo falls in love with two things at once: race car driving with its speed and adven