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French Spirits
A House, a Village, and a Love Affair in Burgundy
by Jeffrey Greene- Format: paperback, 304 pages
- Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
- Author: Jeffrey Greene
- Language: english
- ISBN: 9780060934101 (0060934107)
- Genres: travel, memoir, france, biography
- Release date: February 18, 2003
About The Book
When Jeffrey Greene, a prize-winning American poet, and Mary, a molecular biologist and his wife-to-be, discover a moss-covered stone presbytery in a lovely village in the Puisaye region of Burgundy, they know they have to live there. In lush, lyrical prose, Greene recalls their experiences turning the 300-year-old stone building — a „château in miniature“ that the locals believe houses numerous spirits-into a habitable refuge. He brings to life their adventures in finding wonderful bargains with which to furnish their new space, including a firm mattress and some rather suspicious antiques“ bought from the back of a van.
Greene offers the unexpected joys and surprises of village life, from celebrating his and Mary’s simple backyard wedding to toiling in a verdant garden. He shares the experience of surviving his mother’s decision to move in and humorously introduces the locals — both human and nonhuman — who define his and Mary’s new world.
Woven throughout this luscious tale are the pleasures of rural France: wondrous food and wine, long-held rituals and feasts, dark superstitions, and deeply rooted history.
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