How do you plant leeks in cement-hard French soil, impress Gallic neighbours with your non-existent gardening credentials, and survive a seven-hour celebratory communion lunch? An Englishman à la Campagne is a wonderfully warm and witty follow-up to the author's account of his first year living in Paris. Now broadening his affectionate embrace to include the myriad facets of the French countryside, Sadler makes you laugh, makes you think, and makes you love the place.
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About the Author:
Michael Sadler is a writer and academic. Born in Lewes, he now lives in Paris, where he teaches an MA course in Contemporary French Studies at the British Institute. He is married with one daughter and grows his own leeks.
Review:
“The English take on the French: formidably droll with a touch of the wacko.” -- Kirkus Reviews
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0743259688
- ISBN 13 9780743259682
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
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