Toujours Provence (Paragon Softcover Large Print Books) [Import] [Paperback]

Peter Mayle (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C; Large Print Ed edition (January 4, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0745133606
• ISBN-13: 978-0745133607
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,829,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simply delightful!, January 31, 2002

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Kevin W. Parker (Greenbelt, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toujours Provence (Audio Cassette)

Now this is a book to take in the car! Mayle returns to Provence and, unconfined by his self-imposed chronological organization of A Year in Provence, which went month-by-month, produces a delightful, anecdotal account of life in his adopted country. We get to hear about singing frogs, an attempt to train a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig to hunt truffles, as well as various wine-tasting festivities, and particularly a special party for Mayle's birthday that changes his mind about picnics once and for all.

It's a delightful book, great for listening to in the car and almost certainly an entertaining light read.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pas mal, mais...., February 26, 2005

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Annie M. "Annie M" (Concord, NH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toujours Provence (Paperback)

I knew we were in trouble when Mayle's sequel to his delightful "Year in Provence" opened with vignettes on constipation and suppositories. Oh, Mayle's fresh and breezy style is here, and he still has an eye for small but telling details, but this is mainly a retread of the same ground he worked in the much more cohesive "Year in Provence." We are told, yet again, about annoying guests, fraud in the truffle trade, and the arrogance of outsiders who are invading Provence and turning it into a playground for the rich, which is rich coming from a man who has plenty of money to finance his enviable lifestyle and quests to discover the origins of pastis!

All that said, Mayle has a talent for evoking place, and his descriptions of memorable meals will leave you salivating. But you can get all that, in better form, in A Year in Provence.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Almost As Good as Being There., June 13, 2002

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Brett Benner (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toujours Provence (Paperback)

Like Provence, Mayle continues to charm with further adventures from the land of food, wine, and sunshine. If you haven't read "A Year In Provence", I'd suggest starting with that as many of the "characters" he introduced make return visits here. Less structural than his first book, these chapters come off as varied meditations on random events that occur day to day; A birthday picnic, a new found pet,the search for gold in his backyard, and of course the various gastromical pleasures to be found throughout the region. I didn't find it quite as good as the first book, but still he has a way of making you feel like you're sitting down with an old friend.