--- product_id: 169578159 title: "A Year in Provence" price: "SAR 47" currency: SAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/169578159-a-year-in-provence store_origin: SA region: Saudi Arabia --- # A Year in Provence **Price:** SAR 47 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** A Year in Provence - **How much does it cost?** SAR 47 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.sa](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/169578159-a-year-in-provence) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A Year in Provence eBook : Mayle, Peter: desertcart.co.uk: Kindle Store Review: Great book - I really enjoyed this book. I remember vaguely some of the hype around it at the turn of the 90's but as I was only about ten I had no real interest in it at the time. I decided to watch the TV adaptations -staring John Thaw - on YouTube recently, which were good enough to make me want to read the book and I'm glad I did. It's much much better than the TV shows - Peter Mayle has a great sense of humour (lost in the TV versions) and the joke is just as often on him as on the colourful characters he meets in each chapter. His observations, although funny, clearly emanate from a place of deep affection, fondness and respect for the eccentricities of his new community and friends, of which there are many. The way in which he describes everything from the food to the weather to the people themselves is excellent - he creates a vivid image in your mind as though you were there. I've been to France loads of times and have some family in the south and although I've been to Provence as a child I'd really like to go again to see how much has changed and how much of the Provence in the pages of this brilliant book remain in the 25 years since its release. Review: Good enough to eat - This title kept coming up while I was searching for books to take on a trip to Provence last week: I remembered it being a best-seller in the late 80s, but hadn't read it until now. It's an enjoyable account of how the author and his wife built a new life as British expatriates in Ménerbes, a village in the eponymous region of France. The author has an easy, unforced style which is well-suited to his descriptions of the people, landscape and (especially) food. Take, for example, this mouth-watering description of lunch at a little restaurant in the hills [p89]: "We counted fourteen separate hors d'oeuvres - artichoke hearts, tiny sardines fried in batter, perfumed tabouleh, creamed salt cod, marinated mushrooms, baby calamari, tapenade, small onions in a fresh tomato sauce, celery and chick peas, radishes and cherry tomatoes, cold mussels. Balanced on the top of the loaded tray were thick slices of pâté and gherkins, saucers of olives and cold peppers. The bread had a fine crisp crust. There was white wine in the ice bucket, and a bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape left to breathe in the shade." Elsewhere, a snow-covered February landscape is described as being "so still that [...] you could have heard a mouse fart" [p22], a memorable and exact image. I greatly enjoyed being transported to Provence by this book (even though I was already there); any readers who weren't originally thinking of visiting that interesting part of the world may find themselves changing their minds before the end. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B002RI9HBG | | Accessibility | Learn more | | Best Sellers Rank | 19,498 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) 6 in French Food & Drink 13 in Travel Writing (Kindle Store) 15 in European Cooking | | Customer reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (7,467) | | Edition | New e. | | Enhanced typesetting | Enabled | | File size | 3.7 MB | | ISBN-13 | 978-0141938325 | | Language | English | | Page Flip | Enabled | | Print length | 231 pages | | Publication date | 1 Jun. 2000 | | Publisher | Penguin | | Screen Reader | Supported | | Word Wise | Enabled | | X-Ray | Enabled | ## Images ![A Year in Provence - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A1X+tXsiywL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book *by B***N on 13 March 2014* I really enjoyed this book. I remember vaguely some of the hype around it at the turn of the 90's but as I was only about ten I had no real interest in it at the time. I decided to watch the TV adaptations -staring John Thaw - on YouTube recently, which were good enough to make me want to read the book and I'm glad I did. It's much much better than the TV shows - Peter Mayle has a great sense of humour (lost in the TV versions) and the joke is just as often on him as on the colourful characters he meets in each chapter. His observations, although funny, clearly emanate from a place of deep affection, fondness and respect for the eccentricities of his new community and friends, of which there are many. The way in which he describes everything from the food to the weather to the people themselves is excellent - he creates a vivid image in your mind as though you were there. I've been to France loads of times and have some family in the south and although I've been to Provence as a child I'd really like to go again to see how much has changed and how much of the Provence in the pages of this brilliant book remain in the 25 years since its release. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good enough to eat *by J***N on 7 June 2016* This title kept coming up while I was searching for books to take on a trip to Provence last week: I remembered it being a best-seller in the late 80s, but hadn't read it until now. It's an enjoyable account of how the author and his wife built a new life as British expatriates in Ménerbes, a village in the eponymous region of France. The author has an easy, unforced style which is well-suited to his descriptions of the people, landscape and (especially) food. Take, for example, this mouth-watering description of lunch at a little restaurant in the hills [p89]: "We counted fourteen separate hors d'oeuvres - artichoke hearts, tiny sardines fried in batter, perfumed tabouleh, creamed salt cod, marinated mushrooms, baby calamari, tapenade, small onions in a fresh tomato sauce, celery and chick peas, radishes and cherry tomatoes, cold mussels. Balanced on the top of the loaded tray were thick slices of pâté and gherkins, saucers of olives and cold peppers. The bread had a fine crisp crust. There was white wine in the ice bucket, and a bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape left to breathe in the shade." Elsewhere, a snow-covered February landscape is described as being "so still that [...] you could have heard a mouse fart" [p22], a memorable and exact image. I greatly enjoyed being transported to Provence by this book (even though I was already there); any readers who weren't originally thinking of visiting that interesting part of the world may find themselves changing their minds before the end. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great book! *by A***Y on 6 July 2012* I read this book over a decade ago and it was a wonderful easy read, very funny, and would entice anyone to go to Provence. The only problem was that I actually went to Provence on holiday and it clearly is a case of "that was then and this is now". Two words came to my mind, tourists and millions. The place is overrun by people like me who thought they might find real rural France - you wont. Strangely enough I read that the author himself left the place after the success of the book and went to live in Long Island, New York for three years. There still are great parts of France to visit, but unfortunately you have to do the discovering yourself. I read an article in the Sunday Times a few months ago and it was titled Ten Secret Locations in France - or something like that - but unfortunately the minute you publish them in a million selling Sunday newspaper, they arent!!! Off topic I know. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/169578159-a-year-in-provence](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/169578159-a-year-in-provence) --- *Product available on Desertcart Saudi Arabia* *Store origin: SA* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*