Used book – La Grande patience, Volume 4: Les Fruits de l'hiver, Bernard Clavel

The dark years and the war draw to a close, and Julien's parents reach the end of a long life of toil, courage, and privation. With no news of their son, who is fighting with the Resistance, they grow bitter within the narrow confines of their small garden, barely comprehending the bloody tragedy unfolding around them. Finally, Liberation arrives, and Julien returns, accompanied by a young woman carrying his child, at the dawn of these new times that the old couple will not live to see. And this is the poignant end of one of Bernard Clavel's major works. Les fruits de l'hiver (Goncourt Prize 1968) concludes the saga that brought Bernard Clavel immense recognition.