A man from Booming

Jean Giono brings a unique critical style to literature, as he uses nature in a nearly magical way to showcase familiar reality from a completely new perspective. In "Pan Trilogy" - of which this novel is a part - Giono transforms the sunny Provence region into a mysterious backdrop witnessing suspicious details and deadly passion. Giono's realism is not intuitive; some critics wonder if it aligns with the unity of existence and lyrical poetry that alter the shape of the evoked truths. But the harmony between realism and poetry in the broad sense is deeply manifested in this novel, which seems to defend a poetic realism. The events of this novel take place in a remote part of southern France at the beginning of the twentieth century, where there is a glimmer of civilization but it remains hidden; giving it a surreal and intriguing feel. This novel is not exactly a romantic story; it does not narrate the tale from the perspective of the lovers who are almost on the margins of the story, but from a third person, Amidi, a man known to be attracted to the opposite sex, but he comments, "Women complicate life a lot." Author: Jean Giono Publisher: Sidra Publishing and Distribution Number of pages: 120