[PDF] Paths Of Time In The South Of France eBook

Author : Bruno Lutz
Publisher :
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 33,38 MB
Release : 2021-03-21
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This book is a collection of eternal pictures of villages and landscapes of the South of France. There is no precise subject, nor is there a focus on a specific location. Rather, this collection represents a nomad's itinerary from the Mediterranean shore to the Alps mountains. The purpose of these selected images is to expose ancient links between old villages and nature. Each chapter of the book references a village, the names of which are listed in apparent disorder. The reader is invited to sense what hides behind these winter landscape photographs. The concise text that accompanies the black and white images offers clues to help the reader perceive the soul that animates the stones and shrubs. This book celebrates life and the time that has passed and now belongs to eternity.

Author : Sylvain Tesson
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 48,13 MB
Release : 2022-08-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1452967482

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A walking journey through France’s vast interior becomes a meditation on both personal recovery and the role of history in the present—more than 425,000 copies sold in France After a free-climbing accident lands him in a coma and a hospital for four months, the French writer Sylvain Tesson makes a promise to himself: if he’s ever able to walk again, he will traverse the entire country of France on foot. Part literary adventure, part philosophical reflection on our contemporary consumer culture, On the Wandering Paths takes us deep into the heart of what Tesson terms France’s “hyperrural” zones. Tracing the obscure paths peasants once followed throughout the countryside, Tesson embarks on a three-month journey of solitude and personal contemplation as he walks along vast stretches of mountain ranges and rivers, encountering ancient Roman stone bridges and walkways, the French Foreign Legion, pagan prayer sites, Provençal villages, and the majestic Mont-Saint-Michel. Connecting deeply with the places he visits, his experiences inspire reflection on the essential need to disengage from the digital and immerse oneself in natural beauty. Rich with humor, historical insight, and literary power, On the Wandering Paths is both a meditation on the act of recovery and a potent recognition of the traces of our past in the present. Asking us to reassess our values and our relationship to the land, Tesson’s exquisite chronicle through landscapes that continue to resist urbanization and technology is a thoughtful—and thought-provoking—glimpse into a poet’s adventurous life. Les Chemins de Pierre, a film based on the book starring Jean Dujardin, is due to release in 2022.

Author : David Abram
Publisher : Rough Guides
Page : 1354 pages
File Size : 39,51 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781843530565

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From cosmopolitan Paris to the sunny Cote d'Azur, from historical Normandy to the rocky Pyrenes, this new edition updates the best of towns, attractions, and landscapes of every region. 100 maps. of color photos.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Cosimo Classics
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 31,83 MB
Release : 1879
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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On 23 September 1878 Stevenson set out from Le Monastier in the Haut Loire, to tramp through the wild region of the Cevennes. His only companion was a small donkey to carry basic necessities, and a commodious "sleeping sack". In the next 12 days, at a pace dictated by the donkey and carrying most of the supplies himself, he travelled 120 miles across rivers, mountains and forests. His stylish and witty account was published in 1879.