| A Literary Guide to Provence Contributor(s): Vitaglione, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804010358 ISBN-13: 9780804010351 Publisher: Swallow Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2001 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Europe - France - Travel | Museums, Tours, Points Of Interest - Literary Criticism | Reference |
| Dewey: 914.490 |
| LCCN: 2001016342 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.84" W x 8.89" L (1.16 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents |
| Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/18/2001 pg. 76 Library Journal 08/01/2001 pg. 145 Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2002 pg. 29 Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2002 pg. 91 - Strongly Recommended Library Journal 08/03/2001 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Provence through the eyes of its writers those who wrote of it in Provencal or French and also those visitors who were moved by its beauty that is the inspiration behind "A Literary Guide to Provence." In this compact travel guide, Marseilles native Daniel Vitaglione presents a literary panorama of the region of southern France from the Avignon of Mistral to Colette's St. Tropez. Including such sites as the birthplace of Nostradamus and the ruins of the Marquis de Sade's castle, "A Literary Guide to Provence" presents a thousand years of history entwined with maps and photos that provide readers on tour with a sense of the historical import of this most beautiful of regions even as they experience it firsthand. Both authors of Provencal ancestry and those who came to love and live in Provence are featured in this comprehensive and enchanting picture of the garden place of France. The Riviera enticed Virginia Woolf. Toulon inspired two novels by Georges Sand. Robert Louis Stevenson resided in Hyeres, as did Edith Wharton. Le Lavandou was Willa Cather's favorite place. F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in St. Raphael and Juan-les-Pins, where he wrote "Tender is the Night." This illustrated guide follows in these writers' footsteps, and the practical information on hotels and restaurants (phones, web sites, email, etc.) make it the ideal traveling companion for armchair tourists and those who cannot resist seeing Provence for themselves." |
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