A story of the Camargue by Gerald Durrell.
Folco Aubanel is a gardian, a man who watches over the wild black bulls in the marshes of the Rhone delta. The bulls are reared for the course libre, a contest of skill, daring, and sheer beauty, in which the animal is never killed but men risk their lives. Folco's hopes are pinned on one bull of great promise, Marius.
From the West
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