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Provence A-Z By Mayle, Peter - Hardcover, 2006, First Edition, B281
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Item specifics
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- Brand
- Unbranded
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9781400044429
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400044421
ISBN-13
9781400044429
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52646049
Product Key Features
Book Title
Provence A-Z : a Francophile's Essential Handbook
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Europe / France, General, Customs & Traditions
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-040885
Reviews
"Mayle's affection for lavender fields and languid lunched continues unabated-and so does his influence." -USA Today "Mayle's magpie dictionary yields amusing facts . . . and useful information. . . . You'll soon succumb to his road-tested charm." -The New York Times Book Review "Whether he's smacking his lips in gustatory contentment or mock exasperation, Mayle's affection runneth over. . . . If there is anything charmless or depressing in all of Provence, its secret is safe with him." -The Boston Globe "After nearly two decades of writing about the character and the characters of Provence, Mayle's love for this rich and colorful region is undiminished." -The Christian Science Monitor From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
914.490484
Synopsis
In more than 200 entries, Peter Mayle writes about subjects as diverse as architecture, expatriates, Aix-en-Provence, the Proven al character, legends, lavender, linguistic oddities, museums of the Foreign Legion and corkscrew, as well as food and drink., An indispensable, richly informative, and always entertaining sourcebook on Provence by the writer who has made the region his own. Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. It is rather a selection of those aspects of Provence that Peter Mayle in almost twenty years there has found to be the most interesting, curious, delicious, or down-right fun. In more than 170 entries he writes about subjects as wide-ranging as architecture and "zingue-zingue-zoun "(in the local patois, a word meant to describe the sound of a violin), as diverse as expatriates, Aix-en-Provence, the Provencal character, legends, lavender, linguistic oddities, the museum of the French Foreign Legion, the museum of the corkscrew, the origins of "La Marseillaise," and a bawdy folklore character named Fanny. And, of course, he writes about food and drink: "vin rose," truffles, olives, melons, "bouillabaisse," the cheese that killed a Roman emperor, even a cure for indigestion. The wonderful accompanying artwork includes curiosities Mayle has gathered over the years"--"matchbooks, drawings, century-old ads, photos, tourist brochures, maps. "Provence A-Z "is a delight for Peter Mayle's ever-growing audience and the perfect complement to any guidebook on Provence, or, for that matter, France., The author of several books set in Provence, including the now-classic travel tome "A Year in Provence" and a more recent novel, "A Good Year," Mayle has once again trapped the sunshine, the wind, and the very lavender-laden air of the southeastern French countryside.
LC Classification Number
DC611.P958M385 2006
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