Originally published by Pan, an illustrated autobiographical account of a couple who left the rat race to live in and renovate an old farmhouse in Provence.
ProvenzaSerie
Intraprendete un affascinante viaggio nel cuore della campagna francese, dove l'idilliaco ritmo della vita rurale incontra i semplici piaceri del buon cibo e del vino. Seguite le esperienze dei nuovi arrivati che navigano tra le sfumature culturali e abbracciano il fascino autentico di una regione soleggiata. Questa serie offre un delizioso mix di umorismo delicato, acuta osservazione e un sentito apprezzamento per la bellezza dei momenti quotidiani.
Ordine di lettura consigliato
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Encore Provence
- 247pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
Peter Mayle is back in Provence, after pining away in America for the sights, sounds and smells of his beloved French home. This new book completes his trilogy on the delights and curiosities of Provencal life, as he rediscovers the local customs and "cuisine" and finds them as enchanting as ever. There are, of course, some gastronomic treats to be had on the way, including a feast at a converted petrol station and a rendezvous with the famous "Marseillaise bouillabaisse". But when lunch is over there are still more moments to relish : learning the secrets of perfume-blending at a school for "noses", the story of a "crime passionnel" perpetrated by a jealous husband on an oversexed, cycling-short wearing butcher, a connoisseur of funerals, a grower of black tomatoes, and the simple pleasure of finding the best way to idle away a lazy summer afternoon
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Le Bonheur en Provence. Encore Provence, französische Ausgabe
- 247pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
Anglický spisovatel Peter Mayle, jemuž se Provence stala druhým domovem, pro své věrné i nové čtenáře formou slovníku v heslech uspořádal svůj pohled na tento svérázný, levandulí provoněný kraj. Výběr hesel je ovšem velice osobní – čtenáři se tedy setkají s pestrou směsicí témat, jež autorovi přišla nejpřitažlivější, nejbizarnější, nejzábavnější, nejtypičtější: most v Avignonu a osel, česnek a kruhový objezd, levandule a Pařížané, větry a muzeum vývrtky, zahrady a pastis… Koláž dojmů a zkušeností, kterou Peter Mayle předkládá svým typickým humorným stylem, s nadhledem a zároveň velkou náklonností, propojuje všudypřítomné a pro Francii neodmyslitelné téma: jídlo a pití.
Tired and fed up, tycoon Simon Shaw seeks refuge in Provence, where he encounters a pretty Frenchwoman who lures him into purchasing a little hotel that proves far more troublesome than quaint. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.
