A Year in Provence
National Bestseller In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it...
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National Bestseller In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the Rhône Valley, discovers the secrets of goat racing through the middle of town, and delights in the glorious regional cuisine. A Year in Provence transports us into all the earthy pleasures of Provençal life and lets us live vicariously at a tempo governed by seasons, not by days.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780679731146 (0679731148)
ASIN: 679731148
Publish date: June 4th 1991
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 207
Edition language: English
Series: Provence (#1)
"A Year in Provence" won the British Book Awards' "Best Travel Book of the Year" in 1989 and without wishing to be disparaging, it is utterly charming! Month-by-month Peter Mayle describes his gradual assimilation into a new life in southern France and though not without challenges, the lifestyle re...
One of those beautiful, descriptive memoirs that make me want to sell everything I own for a house in France (or Italy) and a life of tranquility and luxurious food. Alas, selling everything I own would not be enough to fund my dream life-style and I don't like escargot. But for 12 chapters, I go...
Seduced by the setting, I read compulsively, savouring the detail, despite my distaste for Mayle himself, who seems arrogant and cyncial, and has a particularly repellant way of talking about his wife... I have to confess I'm horribly prejudiced against English ex-pats, even though my uncle is (a te...
This is the story of the first year in Provence of Peter Mayle and his wife, who moved from England to a 200-year old stone farm house in a rural part of this French region. Each month has its chapter. It's definitely well-written and nicely descriptive, and it's an easy, flowing read, but ultimatel...
This is a great, light summertime read. Mayle gives up his 9-5 job to realize a dream many of us have of buying a villa in Europe, refurbishing it, and getting to know the local life. Total fun.
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