Peter Mayle obituary | Books | The Guardian
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Jan 21, 2018 - In 1987, Peter Mayle and his third wife, Jennie, moved from Devon to a farmhouse in Ménerbes, in the Luberon region of Provence, which they ...Peter Mayle, author of A Year in Provence, dies aged 78 | World news ...
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Jan 18, 2018 - Peter Mayle, the author best known for writing A Year in Provence, has died. His publisher, Alfred A Knopf, announced on Thursday that the ...
Peter Mayle's A YEAR IN PROVENCE was first published on this day in 1990.
“It is at a time like this, when crisis threatens the stomach, that the French display the most sympathetic side of their nature. Tell them stories of physical injury or financial ruin and they will either laugh or commiserate politely. But tell them you are facing gastronomic hardship, and they will move heaven and earth and even restaurant tables to help you.”
―from A YEAR IN PROVENCE (1990)
―from A YEAR IN PROVENCE (1990)
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. 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. READ an excerpt here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/…/a-year-in-provence-by…/
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