Jump to:Village Voices [Paperback]French Country Lifeby Marie-France Boyer
Usually ships within 3 to 5 working days Description of Village VoicesIn modern France, as in centuries past, village life revolves around the school, post office, shops and railway station, the centres where people meet to exchange news and to gossip. This is a visual distillation of village life in France today, where the traditions live on in the cafe that doubles as a charcuterie or in the small hotel (awarded no stars in the guide books) that provides for wedding receptions. We see the young adults who keep the village way of life viable and thriving. The text allows them to speak to use in their own words: the boulangere, who serves her many customers from a modern mobile bakery, the gendarme, who keeps a photograph of his wife and children inside his cap, and the incumbent mayor standing proudly in her office beside the bust of Marianne, the symbol of the French Republic.Title Information
Write a review of this book Customer Reviews from AmazonAbout Marie-France BoyerMarie-France Boyer has travelled around her native country to capture the warmth and atmosphere of rural French villages. The old traditions that live on have been captured in colour photographs of the café that doubles as a grocer’s, the hardware store packed with equipment for farmers and fishermen, the small hotel decorated for local wedding receptions, and much more.We hear from local people - among them the young woman who runs the mobile bakery and the mayor who enthusiastically support this old-fashioned but appealing way of life. This engaging record will be irresistible to Francophiles and to all those who enjoy the enduring traditional atmosphere of European country villages. Marie-France Boyer is the Paris Editor of World of Interiors magazine. She is the author of The French Café and Really Rural, both published by Thames & Hudson. Your recently viewed titles |
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