Book Log 2007 #44: A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
Before we went Under the Tuscan Sun and everywhere after, Mayle and his wife moved from England to Provence, with plans to restore a house and enjoy village life in France. This book chronicles their acclamation to their new life, both the positive (great summers and food) and negative (the mistral and tradespeople with an even more expansive idea of time than their American counterparts).
For the most part its an amusing tale, though with the explosion in travel writing of this nature many of the themes (amusing locals, byzantine bureaucracy, etc.) a little too familiar. Still, it's an enjoyable introduction to one man's adventures in Provence.
10 October 2007
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