A Year in Provence
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · June 4, 1991
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- Who it’s for
- Rural life unfolds with weather, local customs, and good food setting the rhythm.
- Themes
- Provençal life, Regional cuisine, Realizing a long-held dream
- Pacing
- Steady
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the Rhône Valley, discovers the secrets of goat racing through the middle of town, and delights in the glorious regional cuisine.
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A Year in Provence transports us into all the earthy pleasures of Provençal life and lets us live vicariously at a tempo governed by seasons, not by days.
Provence at Its Pace
Rural life unfolds with weather, local customs, and good food setting the rhythm.
Come here for
- The pleasures and surprises of settling into a stone farmhouse
- Regional food and customs, met with a wry, warm eye
Expect
- A year paced by seasons, not the daily rush
- Humor alongside the practical realities of country life
Where it sits
| France Travel | 59% |
|---|---|
| Personal Memoirs | 38% |
| Travel Writing | 27% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Travel Humor
- France Travel
- Travel Writing
- Authors
- Peter Mayle
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- June 4, 1991
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Provençal life · Regional cuisine · Realizing a long-held dream
- Reading lane
- Travel Humor