French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France - Hardcover

Goodman, Richard

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9780945575665: French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France

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ISBN 10: 0945575661 ISBN 13: 9780945575665

Publisher: Algonquin Books, 1976

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The author describes his efforts to cultivate a garden while living in a small village in the south of France, revealing his successes, his failures, and the inspiration he received from other dedicated gardeners in the village

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A few years back, escaping the sound and fury of New York, Richard Goodman moved to a small southern French farming town he calls by the alias St. Sebastian de Caisson, everything about which "suggests the uneventful, and the eternal." There Goodman found a tiny plot of streamside land and set about raising a copious vegetable garden, about as uneventful an event as a seasoned New Yorker is likely to experience. He writes lovingly of tilling the soil and watching his lettuce, tomatoes, and leeks spring from the ground, but at heart his book is about the generous people he met during his stay and what they have to say about life on the land. Armchair travelers, gardeners, and small-scale farmers alike will enjoy his charming memoir.

About the Author:

Richard Goodman has written articles for the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Commonweal, Garden Design, the Michigan Quarterly Review, Creative Nonfiction, and Salon.com. He has twice been the recipient of a MacDowell Colony Residency. He created, wrote, and narrated a six-part series about New York City for public radio in Virginia. He lives in New York City.

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