top of page
Search
carolineboxall
Apr 26, 20212 min read

Bonkers Book Reviews

A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle


"A Year in Provence" is a book that many people read when it first came out in 1989. It was a great success. So much so that a TV mini-series was created starring John Thaw and Lyndsay Duncan in 1993.


A whole new generation has grown up since then and it seems a pity for the younger readers not to be alerted to this little gem.


Here is our bonkers book review - we hope you enjoy it.

If you do, please join my club and I will send you future blogs. Click here to sign up


A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle


Postcard Plot: A man and his wife eat and drink a lot in the South of France.


Beverage: Pastis. An authentic Provencal aperitif. Puts you in the mood and makes you feel part of the scene.


Vehicle: A rusty but reliable old tractor. Not at all sophisticated, but it's served you well and has become part of the family.


Holiday you would read it on: Anywhere except a city where you would pine for the open spaces and fresh air of Provence.


Mood do you need to be in to read it: Overwhelmed, stressed, caught between a red and blue wire with a pair of blunt nail clippers, tasked with preventing nuclear destruction by cutting the right colour.


Mood by the end: Morphing into the armchair you are sitting in, ambivalent to the announcement that a zombie apocalypse is imminent.


Title rating: 10/10 It does what it says on the tin.


Digestibility: A platter of charcuterie and fromage, with a crisp homegrown salad. Again, you yearn to be part of this culture.


Page turnability: 10/10


Quote: “The wearing of socks was a distant memory. My watch stayed in a drawer, and I found that I could more or less tell the time by the position of the shadows in the courtyard, although I seldom knew what the date was."









Comments

bottom of page