Malicroix
Henri Bosco
Explore the wild and untamed natural world in this modern French literature masterpiece. "Malicroix" tells the story of a surprising inheritance - a house on an island in the Rhône - and the young man who must take up solitary residence there for three months before claiming it as his own. With only a taciturn shepherd and his dog for company, the young man must brave the elements and overcome a challenging task while others scheme to take his inheritance. Henri Bosco invests this coming-of-age story with a wild and mythic glamour that will captivate readers.
Publish Date
1948-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
1948-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.83
ISBN
9781681374109
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2020-08-04T17:32:10.000Z
Question: which books have been most powerful/resonant for you during the pandemic & why? Tell me stories of your reading...
Mine were Henri Bosco's Malicroix (1948, tr. Joyce Zonana) &––at last––Tove Jansson's The Summer Book (1972, tr. Thomas Teal). Isolation novels both. – source