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    Provence: From Minstrels to the Machine
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    Provence: From Minstrels to the Machine

    By Ford Madox Ford

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    A cross-genre evocation of a writer's life in the Mediterranean, this account documents the happy years Ford Madox Ford spent living in the South of France with his young artist lover, Biala.. Blending fiction, history, memoir, travel, and cookery writing, this tome charmingly evokes Ford and Biala's ramshackle, bohemian life in their villa on the Mediterranean coast. From social encounters with Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, Pablo Picasso, and Henri Matisse to the delights of growing vegetables, this spontaneous and entertaining book is a true love letter to the Provençal lifestyle.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarcanet Press Ltd.
    Release dateJul 1, 2009
    ISBN9781847776945
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    Ford Madox Ford

    Ford Madox Ford was an English novelist, poet, critic, and editor whose journals The English Review and The Transatlantic Review were instrumental in the development of early twentieth-century English literature. Today, Ford is best known for The Good Soldier, the Parade’s End Tetralogy, and the Fifth Queen Trilogy.

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      Provence should be considered a travel book which follows the Great Trade Route "from China...to the Scilly Isles." Aside from that, Provence is Ford's love letter to the region. He and his travel companion will introduce you to the way to find good food in the south of France...even a good haircut.In truth, I found Provence a bit on the didactic side. Short of being downright boring I thought it was a slow read. In the end, I ended up not finishing it.Line that got to me the most, "But when the period of depression has been long and anxieties seem to be becoming too much for me, I make a bolt for Provence" (p 40). I get that. I'm like that about Monhegan.