CHOCOLAT SERIES: CHOCOLAT [with] THE LOLLIPOP SHOES [and] PEACHES FOR MONSIEUR LE CURE [and] THE STRAWBERRY THIEF [Four Volumes] [All Signed]

Harris, Joanne

ISBN 10: 0385410646 / ISBN 13: 9780385410649

Published by Doubleday 1999-2019, London, 1999

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Octavos, four volumes. In Near Fine condition with Near Fine dust jackets. Blue, white, and green dust jacket spines with gold, white, black, and red text. Dust jackets housed in mylar except for CHOCOLAT, which is fully wrapped in plastic. All volumes signed by Harris. CONTENTS: CHOCOLAT (400 pages), London: Doubleday, 1999. -- THE LOLLIPOP SHOES (459 pages), London: Doubleday, 2007. -- PEACHES FOR MONSIEUR LE CURE (459 pages), London: Doubleday, 2012. -- THE STRAWBERRY THIEF (362 pages), London: Orion, 2019. JW Consignment. Shelved above case 13. 1385065. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CHOCOLAT SERIES: CHOCOLAT [with] THE LOLLIPOP SHOES [and] PEACHES FOR MONSIEUR LE CURE [and] THE STRAWBERRY THIEF [Four Volumes] [All Signed]
• Publisher: Doubleday 1999-2019, London
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385410646
• ISBN 13: 9780385410649
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First UK Edition, First Printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Dupont Circle
  • Literature

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Synopsis

Try me...Test me...Taste me. When an exotic stranger, Vianne Rocher, arrives in the French village of Lansquenet and opens a chocolate boutique directly opposite the church, Father Reynaud identifies her as a serious danger to his flock – especially as it is the beginning of Lent, the traditional season of self-denial. War is declared as the priest denounces the newcomer’s wares as instruments of murder. Suddenly Vianne’s shop-cum-cafe means that there is somewhere for secrets to be whispered, grievances to be aired, dreams to be tested. But Vianne’s plans for an Easter Chocolate Festival divide the whole community in a conflict that escalates into a ‘Church not Chocolate’ battle. As mouths water in anticipation, can the solemnity of the Church compare with the pagan passion of a chocolate éclair? For the first time here is a novel in which chocolate enjoys its true importance, emerging as a moral issue, as an agent of transformation – as well as a pleasure bordering on obsession. Rich, clever and mischievous, this is a triumphant read.

About the Author

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.