The Horseman on the Roof
Angelo is an young Italian nobleman and soldier whose hot-headedness has  forced him into a desperate exile in France. While making his way slowly back to  Italy, he witnesses the intense ravages of a cholera epidemic in Provence, and  his natural romanticism, heroism, and thirst for adventure take over and change  the course of his travels. Jean Giono, known as a 20th-century master of French  letters, also wrote the lyricalThe Man Who  Planted Trees.