A Year in Provence
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780708924853 (0708924859)
Publish date: January 1st 1992
Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print
Pages no: 405
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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