Title : A Snow Supper - Jean Anglade - Book
Summary :
The chronicle of a small village in the heart of Auvergne, Saint-Coutain, under the tender and amused gaze of Jean Anglade.
The village of Saint-Coutain, established on the departmental border, is shared between Cantal and Aveyron. It therefore has two town halls, two schools, two post offices, two churches, two patron saints: Saint Christopher and Saint Nicol. Minds are as divided as the territories. People vote left on one side, right on the other. Red cows graze the grass of Auvergne, blondes graze the grass of Rouergate. At an Aveyron stall, little Léonce Bros steals an orange that he intends for Flora, his "sister" in sentiment. Tirabi, the "Nicolaud" rural policeman, pursues him and arrests him on Cantal soil. He is accused of child abduction. To clarify the exact boundary of their communes, the two mayors decide to have a border line painted on the ground. This white line becomes a tourist attraction. But it further separates Léonce and Flora, poor ten-year-old Romeo and Juliet. Their thwarted love will force Léonce to leave Saint-Coutain. He will make a career in Paris as a waiter in brasseries in Auvergne and Aveyron. One day, he will return...
- EAN: 9782856165843
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