A Story by Jean Giono
“Creation seemed to come about in a sort of chain
reaction. He did not worry about it; he
was determinedly pursuing his task in all its simplicity; but as we went back
toward the village I saw water flowing in brooks that had been dry since the
memory of man. This was the most
impressive result of chain reaction that I had seen. “
“As the water reappeared, so there reappeared willows,
rushes, meadows, gardens, flowers, and a certain purpose in being alive.”
Afterword by Norma Goodrich
“One must think of these variously gifted old [women and]
men as embodying the creative gods themselves, as native survivals in this
ancient Provence to which they continuously brought their wisdom, their
knowledge of agriculture, their message of life indestructible, all of them
teaching, like the titanic Dionysus, the precious secret of humanity’s ancient kinship
with the earth.”
Wood Engravings by Michael McCurdy
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