A Year in Provence
A Year in Provence is a 1989 best-selling memoir by Peter Mayle about his first year in Provence, and the local events and customs.[1] It was adapted into a television series starring John Thaw and Lindsay Duncan. Reviewers praised the book's honest style, wit[2] and its refreshing humour.[3]
Plot
Peter Mayle and his wife move to Provence, and are soon met with unexpectedly fierce weather, underground truffle dealers and unruly workers, who work around their normalement schedule.[4] Meals in Provençal restaurants and work on the Mayles' house, garden and vineyard are features of the book, whose chapters follow the months of the year.
Adaptations
In 1991 a radio adaptation was broadcast on BBC Radio 4.[5]
In 1993, the
Sequels
- Toujours Provence (1991)
- Encore Provence (1999)
- French Lessons (2001)
Cultural influence
Mayle's memoir provided inspiration for the 2008 satirical novel A Year in the Province by Christopher Marsh in which an Andalusian man persuades his wife and his three daughters to relocate to Belfast.
References
- ^ Crace, John (10 January 2010). "A Year in Provence, 20 years on". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ Lawless, Laura K. "Guide Rating and Review – A Year in Provence, by Peter Mayle". About.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2008.
- ^ "A YEAR IN PROVENCE PETER MAYLE". Blue Rectangle. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.
- ^ "normalement" is often used when they are asked when jobs will be finished; however it is implied that this timing will never be fulfilled.
- ^ "A Year in Provence". BBC Genome. 29 May 1991. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ Gibson, Owen (22 August 2006). "Naked Keith Chegwin hits the heights of 'memorably rotten' TV". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ a b Bale, Karen (22 August 2006). "The Worst TV shows ever". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
External links
- A Year in Provence at IMDb
- A Year in Provence at Open Library
