# The Open Road

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- Book: [The Open Road](https://www.bookquiver.com/jean-giono/the-open-road) ([The Open Road.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jean-giono/the-open-road.md))
- Authors: [Jean Giono](https://www.bookquiver.com/jean-giono), [Jacques Le Gall](https://www.bookquiver.com/jacques-le-gall), [Paul Eprile](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-eprile)
- Publisher: nyrb_classics
- ISBN: 978-16-8137-510-6
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2021-10-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A nomad and a swindler embark on an eccentric road trip in this picaresque, philosophical novel by the author of The Man Who Planted Trees. The south of France, 1950: A solitary vagabond walks through...