Jean Carrière

Life

Legacy

There are somewhere between Cévennes et Grand Causses, in a valley away from the world, a man born in 1926. His name is Jean. He continues, when we write these lines, to keep its small flock of sheep. As before, as ever since the Neolithic. Jean is a wonderful man who said no. In the 1960s, when all his neighbors equipped themselves, when they expanded their herds and their facilities, Jean said no. He was mocked, he was mocked, he was considered a laggard, or worse. He was right. One of the coauthors of this book, which has known him for years, still hears the cry of this man defeated but still standing, commenting on the fate of agriculture in France: "They destroyed everything." Jean was right: "they" were all destroyed. But life grows still under the ruins, forever and ever. Jean was right, Jean is a quiet hero who never makes the news. But Jean finally wrong: there will be a sequel. Long live Jean Carrière!

Works

• Retour à Uzès, La Jeune Parque, 1967. reprint 1973
• L'Épervier de Maheux, La Presse, 1972,
• La Caverne des pestiférés, Paris, Pauvert, 1978–1979, 2 vol.
• Le Nez dans l'herbe, Paris, La Table ronde, 1981.
• Jean Giono, Paris, La Manufacture, 1985. reprint 1991,
• Les Années sauvages, Paris, Laffont/Pauvert, 1986,
• Julien Gracq, Paris, La Manufacture, 1986.
• Le Prix d'un Goncourt, Paris, Laffont/Pauvert, 1987
• L'Indifférence des étoiles, Paris, Laffont/Pauvert, 1994. reprint Pocket, 1996,
• Sigourney Weaver, portrait and accomplished itinerary, Paris, La Martinière, 1994.
• Achigan, Paris, Laffont, 1995. reprint Pocket, 1998,
• L'Empire des songes, Paris, Laffont, 1997,
• Un jardin pour l'éternel, Paris, Laffont, 1999.
• Le Fer dans la plaie, Paris, Laffont, 2000.
• Feuilles d'or sur un torrent, Paris, Laffont, 2001.
• Passions futiles, Paris, La Martinière, 2004.