In which Jean Giono novel is the Absent One mentioned?

Answer 1

*Blanche Meyer was the wife of the notary of Manosque, and for thirty years Giono's great love. She inspired him and is present in his novels, as "The Absent One." Reference to "The Absent One" appears in two Giono works; Pour saluer Melville (1943)-a fictional work that pays tribute to Hermann Melville's life and writings-as the character "Adelina White, and the adventure novel, "Le Hussard sur le toit (The horseman on the roof), 1951-as the character "Pauline de Theus".

You must have been watching Philippe Claudel's "I've Loved You So Long." (http://thecia.com.au/reviews/i/images/i-ve-loved-you-so-long-il-y-a-longtemps-que-je-t-aime-production-notes.pdf)

I have about half an hour left in it.... Powerful, isn't it?

Stopped to look up Giono's Absent One and Sylvie.

I found Sylvie: http://www.Amazon.com/Nerval-Selected-Writings-Penguin-Classics/dp/014044601X/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=IZJDSA0REJSRX&colid=2CN9E7PQ0W7M6

Answer 2

The Absent One is mentioned in the Jean Giono novel "The Man Who Planted Trees." It refers to the protagonist who goes around planting trees in a barren landscape, transforming it into a lush forest over time.