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Title details for My Twenty-Five Years in Provence by Peter Mayle - Available

My Twenty-Five Years in Provence

Reflections on Then and Now

by Peter Mayle
John Lee
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From the moment Peter Mayle and his wife, Jennie, uprooted their lives in England and crossed the Channel permanently, they never looked back. Here the beloved author of A Year in Provence pays tribute to the most endearing and enduring aspects of his life in France—the charming and indelible parade of village life, the sheer beauty, the ancient history. He celebrates the café and lists some of his favorites; identifies his favorite villages, restaurants, and open-air markets; and recounts his most memorable meals. A celebration of twenty-five years of Provençal living—of lessons learned and changes observed—with his final book Mayle has crafted a lasting love letter to his adopted home, marked by his signature warmth, wit, and humor.

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  • Release date

    June 26, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780525589099
      • File size: 116990 KB
      • Duration: 04:03:43

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator John Lee, a master of accents and voices, enlivens this collection of 21 pieces about British author Mayle's experiences living in southern France. The late author's signature sense of humor, much of it self-directed, and his perceptive observations of the people who became his neighbors and the places he eventually called home are at the forefront of his final memoir. Lee's thoughtful performance and smooth pronunciation of French refresh familiar stories (such as those about the Mayles' many summer visitors) and add a deeper dimension to new ones, such as the author's reactions to seeing his work portrayed on television and his thoughts on being awarded France's L�gion d'honneur. Although Lee maintains the line between narrator and author, Mayle's love of his adopted country is contagious. C.B.L. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 30, 2018
      Fans of Mayle (who died in January) will be delighted by this final book from Provence’s most impassioned booster. The memoir takes the form of delightfully quaint anecdotes from the years since Mayle and his wife, Jennie, escaped office life in New York and London in the 1980s for “a simpler, sunnier life” in Provence. The chapters alternate between self-deprecating accounts of settling into the rhythms of café life (“the world seems to have gone pink,” he says, referring to the preponderance of rosé wines) and side notes on their favorite lunch spots (Chateau d’If, where the count of Monte Cristo was imprisoned). Mayle happily plays the transplanted Englishman, bemused by the habits of the curiously emphatic Continentals (“the nose plays a versatile part in French sign language”). He departs from cozy travelogue material for several unique experiences, such as being awarded the Legion d’Honneur or watching Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe make a movie out of one of his books. Composed in a uniformly bright and jocular voice, this is a breezy valedictory note for a much admired writer. Photos.

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  • English

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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Funding for additional materials was made possible by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.