The Water of the Hills

Name: The Water of the Hills
Author: Marcel Pagnol

by Marcel Pagnol

Dual narrative of rural vendetta and forgiveness in Provençal village

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Marcel Pagnol

French author and filmmaker whose autobiographical tetralogy My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle evoke his Provencal childhood with warm nostalgia. His Marseilles trilogy captured the vitality of urban southern France.

More by Marcel Pagnol

My Father's GloryMemoir of childhood in Provençal countryside with nostalgic affection
My Mother's CastleCompanion memoir evoking magical childhood years among castles and hills
Manon of the SpringsStory of revenge and redemption tied to a disputed spring in Provence
Jean de FloretteStory of rivalry between neighbors over water rights and buried treasure