The Christmas List
Provence A-Z (Hardcover) by Peter Mayle
“The author of A Year in Provence and A Good Year, Mayle has once again trapped the sunshine, the wind and the very lavender-laden air of the southeastern French countryside in his prose. This anecdotal encyclopedia may have been written expressly for an afternoon repast of Banon, “armed with a fresh baguette and a bottle of local wine.” The charm of the book is in unexpected factual gems like “the male goat can copulate up to forty times a day” found in an otherwise straightforward entry about chèvre. Mayle writes beautifully of the seasons—Automne, Été, Hiver and Printemps—which he shares as his own personal Provence with the earnestly planning tourist and the dreamy armchair traveler alike.” Mais Oui !
$16 http://www.amazon.com Publisher: Knopf (October 31, 2006)
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