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Title: Really Rural: Authentic French Country Interiors by Marie-France Boyer, Veronique Wood, John Wood ISBN: 0-500-01799-9 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: October, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Appalling book design
Comment: A very fascinating, original book with a thoughtful text and illuminating photographs. It was definitely not intended to help you design your French Country summer house! I would have given it five stars, except that I've never seen a book designed so poorly that it was almost impossible to read. The photographs and their captions were nowhere near the corresponding text. Often it was difficult to tell what caption went with what photograph. Some photographs were missing captions. I spent a lot of time flipping back and forth as I read, trying to find the photographs being described in the text or vice versa. There were several pages where the text was in a light color over a background of a photograph, only readable with a very strong light or a magnifying glass. A great deal of thought had obviously gone into the writing, the translation, and the selection of illustrations; it was a shame that the material was handled this way. I am surprised at Thames and Hudson.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not depressing...at all!
Comment: Despite previous reviews, this book proved to be a lovely and heartwarming insight to French Rural Life. Beautifully illustrated, with enchanting essays, this book offers a glimpse into a life far removed from the everyday American existence. Part coffee table illustrations, part loving essay, this book captures a way of life totally alien to what most of us call day to day life. This is a lovely collection of life in rural France and is sure to make you smile and anticipate your next adventure there. Read it and be Happy!
Rating: 5
Summary: Refreshingly Real
Comment: It is a sorrow that the reader from McLean, Virginia, was disappointed with this book. I found it to be a valuable connection to the past and a welcome reality check for the future. While we benefit from select technology, this book reinforced to me that not all modern "conveniences" have necessarily enriched our lives. This book is a look back to a time when the world moved more slowly; when the physical demands of country life sculpted muscular bodies, when a stubborn farm animal was more unforgiving than any personal trainer and when we could nestle into our beds at the end of the day to enjoy sound, unmedicated slumber. This book beautifully illustrates that "keeping it simple" is not just a magazine title or a lifestyle choice; that daily life woven in and around the rhythmic renewal of the seasons brings with it the unspoken awareness of one's place and one's purpose in the universe. This is not the urban, armchair tourist's source for "decorating ideas," nor the suburban, weekend farmer's guide to garden planning - you will not find the items celebrated within at Smith and Hawken. You will find an insightful look into the real lives of real people, all of whom I found to be far more dignified than depressing. Further, the respect that these people afford the animals and the land they depend on for their sustenance is a model we would all do well to study - no genetically-engineered or altered food on their tables. "Free-range" food before it was trendy. Making "your own" absolutely everything before Martha Stewart made a billion bucks off of selling the concept just for the bragging rights. I am grateful to the people who agreed to be interviewed for this book. In the society we live in now, experiencing simplicity without an agenda made this book a delight.
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Title: French Country (Architecture and Design Library, 1) by Lisa Skolnik, Barbara Ballinger Buchholz ISBN: 1567992544 Publisher: Friedman/Fairfax Publishing Pub. Date: July, 1996 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Provence Interiors/Interieurs De Provence (in English) by Lisa Lovatt-Smith, Angelika Muthesius ISBN: 3822881767 Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Provencal Interiors: French Country Style in America by Betty Lou Phillips, Dan Piassick ISBN: 087905848X Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Provence Style : The Art of Home Decoration by Noelle Duck ISBN: 2080108395 Publisher: Flammarion Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Country Houses of France (Jumbo Series) by Barbara Stoeltie, Rene Stoeltie, Angelika Taschen ISBN: 3822870757 Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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