Notes from the Cévennes: half a lifetime in provincial France
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Beteilige Person: Thorpe, Adam 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney Bloomsbury Continuum 2019
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Abstract:Leaving London's cosmopolitanism in 1990 for a new life in rural south-west France, Adam Thorpe settled with his family in an ancient part of the Cévennes, a rugged landscape between the mountains and the sea. Here, amongst memories of religious conflict and Nazi savagery, alongside escapees of the 1968 Paris revolts and villagers deeply committed to their inheritance, Thorpe now makes his life as a writer. In his memoir Thorpe describes an author's existence embedded within an almost unrecognisably rustic setting and an impoverished yet proud local community. At the heart of his amusing yet profound account is a deep affection for the natural environment and the people that surround him, as well as a genuine fear for what the future may hold for them both
Umfang:viii, 242 Seiten Illustrationen (schwarz-weiß) 20 cm
ISBN:9781472966315
9781472951298