Chocolat

Author: Joanne Harris

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  • : $19.99 AUD
  • : 9780552998482
  • : Transworld Publishers Limited
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  • : February 2019
  • : 198mm X 127mm X 23mm
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  • : English
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Barcode 9780552998482
9780552998482

Description

When an exotic stranger, Vianne Rocher, arrives in the French village of Lansquenet and opens a chocolate boutique directly opposite the church, Father Reynaud denounces her as a serious moral danger to his flock - especially as it is the beginning of Lent, the traditional season of self-denial. As passions flare and the conflict escalates, the whole community takes sides. Can the solemnity of the Church compare with the sinful pleasure of a chocolate truffle?

Promotion info

A tantalising novel about the ultimate luxury and sin: that dark mistress, chocolate.

Awards

Winner of Whitaker Gold Book Award 2001. Shortlisted for Whitbread Book Awards: Novel Category 1999 and Whitbread Prize (Novel) 1999.

Author description

Joanne Harris is the author of the Whitbread-shortlisted Chocolat (made into a major film starring Juliette Binoche), Blackberry Wine, Five Quarters of the Orange, Coastliners, Holy Fools, Jigs & Reels, Sleep Pale Sister, Gentlemen & Players and, with Fran Warde, The French Kitchen: A Cookbook and The French Market: More Recipes from a French Kitchen. She lives in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, with her husband and daughter.