Chocolat

Fülszöveg

Part fairy tale, laden with high farce and tongue-in]
cheek humor drenched with savage wit and bursts of
wisdom, suffused with lush detail and finely drawn
interesting characters
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-Philadelphia Inquirer
When beautiful, unmarried Vianne Rocher sweeps into the pinched little French town of Lansquenet on the heels of the carnival and opens a gem of a chocolate shop across the square from the church, she begins to wreak havoc with the town's Lenten vows. Her uncanny ability to perceive her customers' private discontents and alleviate them with just the right confection coaxes the villagers to abandon themselves to temptation and happiness, but enrages Pere Reynaud, the local priest. Certain only a witch could stir such sinful indulgence and devise such clever cures, Reynaud pits himself against Vianne and vows to block the chocolate festival she plans for Easter Sunday, and to run her out of town forever. Witch or not (íAeV/never tell), Vianne soon sparks a dramatic... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Part fairy tale, laden with high farce and tongue-in]
cheek humor drenched with savage wit and bursts of
wisdom, suffused with lush detail and finely drawn
interesting characters
K
-Philadelphia Inquirer
When beautiful, unmarried Vianne Rocher sweeps into the pinched little French town of Lansquenet on the heels of the carnival and opens a gem of a chocolate shop across the square from the church, she begins to wreak havoc with the town's Lenten vows. Her uncanny ability to perceive her customers' private discontents and alleviate them with just the right confection coaxes the villagers to abandon themselves to temptation and happiness, but enrages Pere Reynaud, the local priest. Certain only a witch could stir such sinful indulgence and devise such clever cures, Reynaud pits himself against Vianne and vows to block the chocolate festival she plans for Easter Sunday, and to run her out of town forever. Witch or not (íAeV/never tell), Vianne soon sparks a dramatic confrontation between those who prefer the cold comforts of the church and those who revel in their newly discovered taste for pleasure.
Hailed as "an amazement of riches few readers will be able to resist" by The New Yirk Times Book Review., Chocolat is a timeless and enchanting story about temptation, pleasure, and what a complete waste of time it is to deny yourself anything.
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"Harris writes with verve and charm. . . . If Colette and Hawthorne had collaborated, "Í the result might have been this serious delight. " —The New Yorker^ Vissza