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- Notes
- 1 2 Giono, Jean (2019) [1947]. A King Alone. New York Review Books. ISBN 978-1-68137-310-2.
- ↑ "Un roi sans divertissement". bifi.fr (in French). Cinémathèque Française . Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- 1 2 Andrau 2003 , pp. 27–28
- 1 2 Poirier, Bruno. "Bibliographie des œuvres de Jean Giono". pages.infinit.net (in French). Archived from the original on 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ↑ Andrau 2003 , pp. 43–44
- Literature
- Andrau, Paule (2003). Un roi sans divertissement - J. Giono (in French). Paris: Bréal. ISBN 2-7495-0199-7.
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