Letters from My Mill

Alphonse Daudet

Number of Reviews: 2

Average rating: Average Hearts

 

Reviewed by: Duresa duresac@yahoo.com     Date: 8 November 2002

   Five Hearts

It is my favorite book. I used to read it when I was a child and I go back to it time after time. Every time I discover a new sound, a new 'paysage', a new feeling. Between the stories I prefer "Le portefeuille de Bixiou"; "Légende de l'homme à la cervelle d'or"; "Le poéte Mistral".

 

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Reviewed by: Guillermo Máynez Gil gmaynez@correo.de

   Four Hearts

This book was written by Daudet in a mill in Provence, Southern France, during a time he spent there. It seems to have been a pleasantly idle time. In his letters, which are somewhere in between poems in prose and short stories, he depicts the landscape, the dreamy warm evenings, the people and some feelings, anecdotes and remembrances of a quietly happy period.

 

It's recommended for an equally idle afternoon, preferably in the countryside. It's short and readable, even if it lacks a proper plot or much action.

 

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