Used book – Le Dit du mistral, Olivier Mak-Bouchard

"A magnificent ode to nature and the beauty of the world." Pierre Assouline After a night of violent storms, a man sees Mr. Sécaillat, the old farmer next door, knock on the door of his country house. What could have prompted this secret, gruff neighbor, usually so sparing with words, to come to him? The man provides the answer by leading him to their adjoining field: carried away by the violent rain and the waterlogged earth, an entire section of an old dry stone wall has collapsed. However, amidst the debris and clay, mysterious pottery shards emerge in places. Intrigued by their discovery, the two men decide to conduct a clandestine excavation, unaware that this decision will turn their lives upside down.

While drawing inspiration from the works of Giono and Bosco, Le Dit du Mistral is not a book like any other. It is the beginning of a journey, a novel about friendship, transmission, about what older generations have bequeathed to us and what we want to bequeath to those to come. It is a story about the refusal to forget, an invitation to life where stories, legends, and dreams intertwine. It is a silently opened window onto the lands of Provence, a photograph of a universe, a telescope magnetized by the gods.