Paris: Gallimard, 1951. First edition, one of 210 copies on velin pur fil Navarre (numbered 31-230, this being no. 214). 398, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Fine copy. First edition, one of 210 copies on velin pur fil Navarre (numbered 31-230, this being no. 214). 398, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. His Most Celebrated Novel. Giono's most celebrated novel, Le Hussard sur le toit [The Horseman on the Roof], is set in the aftermath of the revolutions of 1830 and follows the life of Angelo Pardi, who is pursued by Austrian agents afterr fleeing Italy for southern France in the midst of a cholera epidemic.
The Horseman on the Roof is, writes Edmund White "anything but a harrowing or even gloomy novel. Though there are painful scenes of disease and death, the feeling one comes away with is of lightness, giddiness, pure pleasure. What becomes clear is that, contrary to Aristotle, metaphors that compare one dreary or frightening thing to another can have a dulling effect, whereas those that are striking, powerful, and vivifying contradict the spirit, while echoing the material reality, of what they are illustrating. Giono's brilliant Horseman on the Roof is a perfect illustration of this paradox".
Le Hussard sur le toit was filmed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, starring Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez, and released in 1995.

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Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 345678
Title: Le Hussard sur le toit
Author: Giono, Jean
Format/Binding: 398, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Book Condition: Used - Original printed wrappers. Fine copy
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition, one of 210 copies on velin pur fil Navarre (numbe
Publisher: Gallimard
Place of Publication: Paris
Date Published: 1951
Keywords: French
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;

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