num_pages: 74
description: Simply written, but powerful and unforgettable, The Man Who Planted Trees is a parable for modern times. In the foothills of the French Alps the narrator meets a shepherd who has quietly taken on the task of planting one hundred acorns a day in an effort to reforest his desolate region. Not even two world wars can keep the shepherd from continuing his solitary work. Gradually, this gentle, persistent man's work comes to the region is transformed; life and hope return; the world is renewed.
language: English
title: The Man Who Planted Trees
titlecomplete: The Man Who Planted Trees
characters: Elzéard Bouffier
genres: Fiction, France, Nature, Short Stories, French Literature, Philosophy, Environment, Literature, Classics, Novels
ratings_count: 13964
places: France, Provence
publisher: Shambhala