Pays sages de Loire : Contes et raconteries
by Saint-Jean, Yves de
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 2951182058
- ISBN 13
- 9782951182059
- Seller
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Tours: Éditions Vinarelle. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2002. Trade Paperback. 2951182058 . Slight wear. Crisp trade paperback. CD present.; French language. Homme de terroir avant tout, Yves de Saint Jean aime les histoires de campagnes et des villages, histoires de la vie quotidienne, de fées, de diable, de pêche, de chasse, de caves...qui ont traversé le temps, transmises dans les veillées de villages en villages, de fermes en fermes par les colporteurs, les mariniers, les troubadours ou les pèlerins. La Loire, ses affluents et ses provinces n'échappent pas à cette règle et sont peuplées de saints, de fées, de géants, de demi-dieux et de textes imagés. Joyeux, émouvants ou angoissants ces contes et "histoères" ont enchanté nos jeunes années. Yves de Saint Jean les écoute toujours avec le même bonheur. Il les collecte ou en écrit lui-même. De la fée Lygère au géant Turo, de la gentille alose à Smolt le saumon roi, de Saint Martin à Saint Benoit, du martin pêcheur au lièvre qui parle, du menuisier d'Orléans au gourmand Pantagruel, Yves de Saint Jean nous emmène dans ces "Pays Sages de Loire" où le réel disparaît derrière le rêve et l'imaginaire. Avec "Pays Sages de Loire", ses brumes effilochées, ses clochers, ses barques de pêche, ses recettes de cuisine car les fées et les dieux de Loire aiment le bien manger et le boire joyeux, laissons-nous aller au fil de ces 136 pages d'aquarelles, de dessins et de vieilles cartes postales à redevenr des enfants auxquels on raconte de belles histoires pour leur ménager de beaux songes.; 135 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Mike's Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7888
- Title
- Pays sages de Loire : Contes et raconteries
- Author
- Saint-Jean, Yves de
- Illustrator
- Watercolors by author
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 2951182058
- ISBN 13
- 9782951182059
- Publisher
- Éditions Vinarelle
- Place of Publication
- Tours
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- 2951182058, France - Loire - Description and Travel, Watercolor illustrations
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