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Title: Village in the Vaucluse by Laurence Wylie ISBN: 0-674-93936-0 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: July, 1976 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An honest look at rural Provence in the mid-20th century
Comment: For those interested in a thoughtful, genuine look at day-to-day life in rural France in the post-World War II 1950's era, this is a delightful book. It is the story and reflections of a noted Harvard sociologist whose family spent a year in the small village of Rousillon in Provence (in the book, he gives it another name to protect the locals' privacy), observing and commenting on village life. It is not a glib, quick laugh -- rather the lively reflection of a thoughtful participant and talented writer. It may be an eye opener to realize just how rural life was not all that long ago in this part of France. There are delightful pictures as well, with scenes that can be recognized by the modern visitor to Rousillon. The end of the book includes the author's reflections on subsequent visits in later years.
Rating: 5
Summary: Truely refreshing
Comment: Laurence Wiley,a former professor of sociology at Harvard,wrote this wonderful little book in the 1950's. This charming examination of life in the town of Rousillon(which he calls Peyrane to protect it's privacy)captures the the character of French life in the postwar recovery period.As a reader you will be transported back in time to a simpler life among the hill towns of Provence.Laurence gives us the facts about the history of the town,and from where the people came (surprisingly it was a transient population).He tells us about how they are brought up,educated,their adolescent times,their whole lives.There are many delightful personalities in this book-you will enjoy it.I just hope someone will use it for a movie one day.
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Title: Two Towns in Provence by M.F.K. Fisher ISBN: 0394716310 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 12 August, 1983 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Village of Cannibals: Rage and Murder in France, 1870 by Alain Corbin, Arthur Goldhammer ISBN: 0674939018 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence by Michael Jacobs, Hugh Palmer ISBN: 0500541876 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Markets of Provence: A Culinary Tour of Southern France by Ruthanne Long ISBN: 0002250616 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 19 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: French Dirt : Story of a Garden in the South of France, The by Richard M. Goodman ISBN: 0060975059 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 03 August, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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