The Man Who Planted Trees
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"No praise was necessary. He was a man who had found his happiness in a task well done."
Jean Giono's short story, The Man Who Planted Trees (1953), is a parable for modern times, offering a hopeful message about the power of patient, committed efforts to create a better world. Translated by Peter Doyle.
While hiking through Provence and enjoying the wild, unspoilt landscape, our narrator meets ...
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"No praise was necessary. He was a man who had found his happiness in a task well done."
Jean Giono's short story, The Man Who Planted Trees (1953), is a parable for modern times, offering a hopeful message about the power of patient, committed efforts to create a better world. Translated by Peter Doyle.
While hiking through Provence and enjoying the wild, unspoilt landscape, our narrator meets ...
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