Toujours Provence (Provence # 2)
Taking up where his beloved A Year in Provence leaves off, Peter Mayle offers us another funny, beautifully (and deliciously) evocative book about life in Provence. With tales only one who lives there could know -- of finding gold coins while digging in the garden, of indulging in sumptuous feasts at truck stops -- and with characters introduced with great affection and wit -- the gendarme fallen from grace, the summer visitors ever trying the patience of even the most genial Provençaux, the straightforward dog "Boy" -- Toujours Provence is a heart-warming portrait of a place where, if you can't quite "get away from it all," you can surely have a very good time trying.
Taking up where his beloved A Year in Provence leaves off, Peter Mayle offers us another funny, beautifully (and deliciously) evocative book about life in Provence. With tales only one who lives there could know -- of finding gold coins while digging in the garden, of indulging in sumptuous feasts at truck stops -- and with characters introduced with great affection and wit -- the gendarme fallen from grace, the summer visitors ever trying the patience of even the most genial Provençaux, the straightforward dog "Boy" -- Toujours Provence is a heart-warming portrait of a place where, if you can't quite "get away from it all," you can surely have a very good time trying.
Author | Peter Mayle |
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Publisher | Pan Books |
Place | London |
Year | 1992 |
ISBN | 9780679736042 |
Binding | Paperback |
Condition | Good |
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