# Joy of Man's Desiring

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- Book: [Joy of Man's Desiring](https://www.bookquiver.com/jean-giono/joy-of-mans-desiring) ([Joy of Man's Desiring.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jean-giono/joy-of-mans-desiring.md))
- Authors: [Jean Giono](https://www.bookquiver.com/jean-giono)
- Publisher: counterpoint
- ISBN: 978-15-8243-565-7
- Pages: 472
- Published: 2010-03-16
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

" Peasant civilization possesses as a gift human qualities which philosophical civilizations spend centuries first defining, then desiring, and finally losing." —Jean Giono A true forebear of magical...