| The Fly-Truffler Contributor(s): Sobin, Gustaf (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393321797 ISBN-13: 9780393321791 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: Phillippe Cabassac goes fly-truffling each year in the oak forests, but since the death of his beloved young wife, he has discovered a new dimension to the seasoned ritual. The flies now reveal the location of a buried treasure, and in doing so, open up a transcendent dream life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Erotica |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99039112 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 4.99" W x 7.71" (0.33 lbs) 162 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Philippe Cabassac has fly-truffled--the art of stalking the flies that lay their eggs directly over the truffles--every winter since childhood on his family estate in Provence. Since the death of his young wife, Julieta, the truffles have come to represent something far more than a delicacy for Cabassac's palate: they trigger an evocative sequence of dream visions in which he and his lost wife enter, on winter nights, a state of intimate and prolonged communion. As Cabassac becomes increasingly involved in his dream life with Julieta, he loses his hold on his teaching obligations, on managing his estate, on his waking life altogether. Set against the fading of traditional Provencal culture and an incandescent Mediterranean landscape, The Fly- Truffler celebrates a love that, by its very ardor, outlasts a lifetime. Reading group guide included. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sobin, Gustaf: - Gustaf Sobin is a poet and author of The Fly-Truffler. American-born, he has lived in Provence for nearly forty years. |