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Dilara
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Literally, “The people of Auberoque“, Auberoque being an imaginary village in #Dordogne in 1866, possibly a disguised Montignac-Lascaux (pic of its castle from wikimedia). A lot of politicking, meanness & stupidity. And two perfect MCs 😂

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yourfavouritemixtape
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Pickpick

Horribly behind with my reviews, so here I go. I read this in my holidays. It was a nice and fast read, though not my favourite in this series. The storyline seemed a bit easy.

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Dilara
La Bouille | Troubs
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Another book set in #Dordogne (and Charente) : a graphic work about a still owner who travels from farm to farm to turn his customers' fruit into brandy. There weren't many of them left in 1999-2000 which is when the book is set, but there are even fewer now, both because life has changed and because hardly anybody is allowed a tax exemption on their first liters of alcohol, as it cannot be passed down the generations anymore.

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Dilara
Les deux Beune: roman | Pierre Michon (romancier).)
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Oh look, a book where “it“/“this“ is used for a woman, described as if she was livestock for sale. I'll read on to see if that is due to the character's voice, or the writer's, but I am not impressed.

#Dordogne

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Dilara
Les Chants de Giraut de Bornelh, Troubadour Du XII Sicle | Giraut (de Borneil), Georges Peyrebrune
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Another book for my #Dordogne challenge: 12th-century troubadour Giraut de Bornehl's cantos, in the original medieval #Occitan, with a word-by-word translation into modern French and comments. Giraut/Guiraut/Guirault de Bornelh/Borneil is mentioned by Dante as one of the best troubadours. Interesting and intellectually stimulating, but slow-going.

Dilara His work was translated into English in The Cansos and Sirventes of the Troubadour, Giraut de Borneil : A Critical Edition by Ruth Verity Sharman. 11mo
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Victoire la Rouge | Georges de PEYREBRUNE
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A novel by Georges de Peyrebrune, a half-forgotten 19th-century female author with a male pseudonym. Free on wikisource. I read it because of its pro-working-class, proto-feminist leanings and because it is set in #Dordogne, which is the French département I'll be exploring in books this year. It is a page-turner and I really felt for the main character, a strong but dim girl raised in an orphanage without love or the skills to face the world.

Dilara I don't think it will be in my Top Ten for 2024, but it is of historical/geographical interest, and the psychological insights are spot-on (lack of love leading to low self-esteem leading to acceptance of abusive behaviour), if couched in outdated language. It's also quite short.

Warning for fatphobia in the first chapters, and abuse

Photo of Chancelade, Dordogne, where Victoire lived for a while, from Père Igor, via Wikimedia
(edited) 11mo
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Sapphire
The Resistance Man | Martin Walker
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Should I spend my summer in Cornwall, Copenhagen, California, or the French Countryside? I am feeling excited about #14books14weeks2023 and getting some traction on #serieslove23 at the same time. It‘s going to be a good good Summer!

Librarybelle Lots of great options! 2y
TheHeartlandBookFairy Decisions, decisions 😁 2y
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Pickpick

I get that after 13 books you have to try something new in a series. So this book was ok because I know and like the characters and this got me over the fact that actually… nothing happened.

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kspenmoll
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Pickpick

Music in all its forms permeates this book.Bruno has organized a music festival & hopes to revitalize the career of an aging rock star. In the midst of this preparation, a Russian oligarch & his multinational conglomerate infiltrates the area under different guises. A sudden death might possibly be linked to the Russians.Of course there is Bergerac wine paired with mouth watering Perigord farm fresh meals enchanting me as I read.

Ncostell I have the first book in this series-you‘re inspiring me to move it up in my TBR pile! 3y
kspenmoll @Ncostell It‘s a great series!!! 3y
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Carolyn11215
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Waiting for next in Inspector Gamache series from Louise Penny so thought I‘d take up where I left off in Bruno Courreges series. Superficial similarities between the two…male policemen who enjoy food, native French speakers, take place in small rural towns (one in France and one in Canada). That‘s where the similarities end. I prefer Louise Penny‘s writing, which gives me glimpses into the minds of the recurring characters and is more lyrical.

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