Category
page 1Novels set in Provence
Bonjour tristesse
1954 novel by Françoise Sagan
The Garden of Eden
novel by Ernest Hemingway
The Fortune of the Rougons
novel by Émile Zola
Fifty Shades Freed
2012 novel by E. L. James
The Winner Stands Alone
novel by Paulo Coelho
The Camp of the Saints
1973 novel by Jean Raspail
La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret
novel by Émile Zola
The Horseman on the Roof
1951 novel by Jean Giono
La Conquête de Plassans
novel by Émile Zola
Doctor Pascal
1893 novel by Émile Zola
Colline
Colline is a 1929 novel by the French writer Jean Giono. It has also been published as Hill of Destiny. It tells the story of a small hamlet in Provence where the superstitious residents struggle against nature, as their settlement is struck by several misfortunes. Colline was Giono's debut novel. It is the first installment in the author's Pan trilogy; it was followed by the standalone novels Lovers are Never Losers and Second Harvest.
The Dream of Scipio
2002 novel by Iain Pears
My Father's Glory
1957 autobiographical novel by Marcel Pagnol
Blue Boy
novel by Jean Giono