{"product_id":"french-spirits-a-house-a-village-and-a-love-affair-in-burgundy-9780060934101","title":"French Spirits: A House, a Village, and a Love Affair in Burgundy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Jeffrey Greene, a prize-winning American poet, and Mary, a molecular biologist and his wife-to-be, discover a moss-covered stone presbytery in a lovely village in the Puisaye region of Burgundy, they know they have to live there. In lush, lyrical prose, Greene recalls their experiences turning the 300-year-old stone building -- a ch teau in miniature that the locals believe houses numerous spirits-into a habitable refuge. He brings to life their adventures in finding wonderful bargains with which to furnish their new space, including a firm mattress and some rather suspicious antiques bought from the back of a van.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreene offers the unexpected joys and surprises of village life, from celebrating his and Mary's simple backyard wedding to toiling in a verdant garden. He shares the experience of surviving his mother's decision to move in and humorously introduces the locals -- both human and nonhuman -- who define his and Mary's new world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoven throughout this luscious tale are the pleasures of rural France: wondrous food and wine, long-held rituals and feasts, dark superstitions, and deeply rooted history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Greene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.40w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060934101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreene, Jeffrey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jeffrey Greene received his MFA from the University of Iowa and his Ph.D. from the University of Houston. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eTo the Left of the Worshiper\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAmerican Spirituals, \u003c\/em\u003e which won the 1998 Samuel French Morse Prize. He was also the winner of the Randall Jarrell Prize and the Discovery\/\u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e Award. His work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker, The Nation, \u003c\/em\u003e and many other journals and anthologies. He lives in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39921808998515,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_95a00285-60f2-4d89-b6fc-939259b6014f.jpg?v=1647351925","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/french-spirits-a-house-a-village-and-a-love-affair-in-burgundy-9780060934101","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}