Peter Mayle's "A Year in Provence" created a whole genre of non-fiction tales about couples heading off to the Mediterranean to renew their zest for life--this absurd literary comedy turns that tradition on its head This glorious comic homage presents the ridiculous yet heroic figure of Jesus Sanchez Ventura, an Andalusian peasant whose wife Begona tires of the heat, the lemons, and the tranquility of Spain, and who persuades the family to relocate to Belfast. So begins a literary romp combining the verbal playfulness of ...
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Peter Mayle's "A Year in Provence" created a whole genre of non-fiction tales about couples heading off to the Mediterranean to renew their zest for life--this absurd literary comedy turns that tradition on its head This glorious comic homage presents the ridiculous yet heroic figure of Jesus Sanchez Ventura, an Andalusian peasant whose wife Begona tires of the heat, the lemons, and the tranquility of Spain, and who persuades the family to relocate to Belfast. So begins a literary romp combining the verbal playfulness of Flann O'Brien with the poignant and misguided optimism of "Don Quixote." Our hero Jesus quickly establishes himself in Belfast, mysteriously finding a position at the local university and eagerly making friends with his new Northern Irish neighbors. Completely unaware of the history of the region, he stumbles from one confusing conversation to another, doing his best to protect his delightful yet mischievous daughters Concepcion and Dilatacion, but becoming increasingly concerned as Begona develops a talent as an entrepreneur and spends more and more time away from the house.
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