| Provence A-Z: A Francophile's Essential Handbook Contributor(s): Mayle, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400095697 ISBN-13: 9781400095698 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Europe - France - Travel | Food, Lodging & Transportation - General - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
| Dewey: 944.9 |
| Series: Vintage Departures |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.60 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The ultimate "dictionary" for lovers of Provence: Peter Mayle's personal selection of the foods, customs and words he finds most fascinating, curious, delicious, or just plain fun. Though organized from A to Z, this is hardly a conventional work of reference. In more than 170 entries, Peter Mayle--bestselling author of A Year in Provence--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). And, of course, he writes about food and drink: vin ros , truffles, olives, melons, bouillabaisse, the cheese that killed a Roman emperor, even a cure for indigestion. 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. |