Book
Chocolat : a novel / Joanne Harris.
A young widow opens a chocolate shop in a French village, transforming its normally austere inhabitants into unabashed sensualists. The event coincides with Lent, and the villagers' rejection of traditional self-denial angers the parish priest who declares war. A first novel.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780670881796
- ISBN: 0670881791
- ISBN: 9780140282030
- ISBN: 0140282033
- Physical Description: 242 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: New York : Viking, 1999.
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| Subject: | Chocolate > Fiction. Lent > Fiction. Cities and towns > Fiction. France > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Love stories. |
Summary:
A young widow opens a chocolate shop in a French village, transforming its normally austere inhabitants into unabashed sensualists. The event coincides with Lent, and the villagers' rejection of traditional self-denial angers the parish priest who declares war. A first novel.
