France

Mar
12

French Movie Lures Travelers To Provence

pen4hire on March 12th, 2010

Destination: Provençe, France
Movie: The Grocer’s Son (Les Fils de l’epicier)(2008)
Some time ago, a reader recommended this movie, and it finally made it to the top of my Netflix list.  Thank you, whoever you were–stand up and take a bow for introducing The Grocer’s Son.
When I thought about why I enjoyed this movie, it became [...]

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Feb
26

Julie and Julia: For Foodies and Travelers

pen4hire on February 26th, 2010

Destination: Paris (and the Bronx)
Movie: Julie and Julia
Although everyone touts Julie and Julia as the ultimate foodie movie, it does pretty well as a travel movie, too. 

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Feb
12

King Richard I Travels in this Book

pen4hire on February 12th, 2010

Destination: Europe and the Holy Land
Book: The Lute Player: A Novel of Richard the Lionhearted by Norah Lofts. (Original 1951, Reprint 2009)

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Jan
22

Book’s Author Finds Piano in Paris

pen4hire on January 22nd, 2010

Great Big Travel Literature Giveaway nearing end. See bottom of post for today’s prize. And it is time to hint at the Final Grand Prize, to be given away next Friday, January 29–it is a stylish way to carry all those travel books.
France on Friday
Book: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten [...]

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Jan
15

Madame Bovary as a Travel Book– Sex Sells

pen4hire on January 15th, 2010

Flaubert’s Madame Bovary can be a real turn-on for travelers.

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Dec
18

France in Native Fiction

pen4hire on December 18th, 2009

France on Friday
Book: France, A Traveler’s Literary Companion, Edited by William Rodarmor and Anna Livia

Whereabouts Press serves a narrow niche of the traveling public–those who want to read literature written by the locals–in bite size form.  To me, the books are similar to books like Art Guide to Italy–a 101 survey course meant to whet [...]

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Dec
11

Q & A with Author of French Graffiti

pen4hire on December 11th, 2009

France on Friday
AN INTERVIEW WITH ALEXANDRA GRABBE

Alexandra Grabbe married a French man and moved to Paris as a young woman.  She stayed in France with her husband and children until their divorce, and then lived there with her 2nd husband before returning to the United States to run Chez Sven, a green B & [...]

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Dec
4

Flaubert in Normandy

pen4hire on December 4th, 2009

Destination: Normandy, France
Books: A Journey into Flaubert’s Normandy by Susannah Patton and Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
A GUEST POST BY Dr. Jessie Voigts

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Nov
13

Travels With (or Without) a Donkey in France

pen4hire on November 13th, 2009

Robert Louis Stevenson traveled in the wild country of the Cevennes in 1879. His book became a classic of travel literature and travelers can still follow his road trip.

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