A Fountain in France

Marita van der Vyver (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

216 Seiten

2015
Penguin Books (South Africa) (Verlag)
978-0-14-353895-0 (ISBN)

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More than a decade ago Marita van der Vyver emigrated to France where she married a Frenchman and settled in the scenic countryside of Provence. Having become famous for a novel built on fairy tales, her life resembles that of a princess meeting her prince charming. Several bestsellers, much living and loving, and years later, they move - to another French village called Place of frogs. A fountain in France is a book of stories about moving the way the French do it. It is also about place, what binds the heart to a home and its people, about breaking ties to grow new ones and about what we take with us when we move on. For Marita, life is an effervescent fountain, always bubbling up new surprises. This book will be enjoyed by anyone who has lived or travelled in a foreign country, or wished they had. It touches on universal experiences shared by expatriates all over the world. Whether you are based in Provence or Perth, Bath or Beijing, you quickly learn that a good sense of humour might be the most important qualification if you want to survive being the eternal outsider.

Marita van der Vyver is one of the most popular Afrikaans authors of all time. She has several books to her credit in genres as divergent as novels, short stories, non-fiction, and fiction for children and young adults. It is her wistfully erotic novel Griet skryf 'n sprokie (published by Penguin as Entertaining Angels) that established her as a household name and a well-loved figure in the literary landscape. Her books are translated worldwide in several languages. Recently she published in English a food book; Summer food in Provence.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.3.2015
Verlagsort	Parklands
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa
ISBN-10	0-14-353895-0 / 0143538950
ISBN-13	978-0-14-353895-0 / 9780143538950
Zustand	Neuware