Joy_of_Man's_Desiring
Joy of Man's Desiring (French: Que ma joie demeure) is a 1936 novel by the French writer Jean Giono. The story takes place in an early 20th-century farmer's community in southern France, where the inhabitants suffer from a mysterious disease, while a healer tries to save them by teaching the value of joy. The title is taken from Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.[1] An English translation by Katherine Allen Clarke was published in 1940.[2]