A northern light in Provence : a novel
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Published
New York : Ballantine Book, [2024].
Edition
First edition.
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332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Kimball Library - New Books | FIC BIRKE | Checked Out | July 15, 2024 |
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Published
New York : Ballantine Book, [2024].
Format
New Books
Edition
First edition.
Street Date
2405
Language
English
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" Ilse Lund is a French translator who lives in a beach house on stilts set on a remote spit of land off the west coast of Greenland. Restless from from the predictability of life in her quaint cottage and her isolated world circumscribed by the sea, Ilse convinces her French publisher to pay for a trip to the country whose language she translates but has never visited--France. Her mission: to translate the verses of an elderly Provencal poet known as "the last living troubadour of Provence." Settling into the poet's medieval village of Beau Riviere, perched atop the rocky slopes of the French Alps, Ilse falls under the hypnotic spell of the Provencal way of life--and of the free-associating, charming, French poet. As she soaks up the sensuous warm air, the vibrant spring colors, and the dulcet sounds of the Provencal dialect, a daily rhythm develops, word-by-word, between the poet and his translator. Their warm camaraderie is disturbed, however, when the poet's son shows up. Though he has a fiancee back in Paris, he turns his full attention on Ilse, and suddenly she is forced to learn another language, one her translation skills have not prepared her to decode. Questioning where and with whom her future lies, Ilse fears she has lost sight of her true North."--
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Oberbeck, E. B. (2024). A northern light in Provence: a novel (First edition.). Ballantine Book.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Oberbeck, Elizabeth Birkelund. 2024. A Northern Light in Provence: A Novel. Ballantine Book.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Oberbeck, Elizabeth Birkelund. A Northern Light in Provence: A Novel Ballantine Book, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Oberbeck, Elizabeth Birkelund. A Northern Light in Provence: A Novel First edition., Ballantine Book, 2024.
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