Colline
Sign in to saveColline is a 1929 novel by the French writer Jean Giono. It has also been published as Hill of Destiny. It tells the story of a small hamlet in Provence where the superstitious residents struggle against nature, as their settlement is struck by several misfortunes. Colline was Giono's debut novel. It is the first installment in the author's Pan trilogy; it was followed by the standalone novels Lovers are Never Losers and Second Harvest.
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- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Jean Giono
- Country of origin
- France
- Publisher
- Éditions Grasset
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- publication date
- 1929-00-00
- language of work or name
- French
- title
- Colline
- form of creative work
- novel
- has characteristic
- debut novel
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Colline is a 1929 novel by the French writer Jean Giono. It has also been published as Hill of Destiny. It tells the story of a small hamlet in Provence where the superstitious residents struggle against nature, as their settlement is struck by several misfortunes. Colline was Giono's debut novel. It is the first installment in the author's Pan trilogy; it was followed by the standalone novels Lovers are Never Losers and Second Harvest.
==Plot== A wild boar enters a village by the Lure mountain range. The villagers try to kill the boar but it manages to escape.
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