Image for Chocolat

Chocolat

See all formats and editions

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 eclair?

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.

Read More
Available
£7.49 Save 25.00%
RRP £9.99
Add Line Customisation
28 in stock Need More ?
Add to List
Product Details
Black Swan
0552998486 / 9780552998482
Paperback / softback
823.914
02/03/2000
United Kingdom
English
General
319 p.
20 cm
general Learn More
Reprint. Originally published: London: Doubleday, 1999.
A tantalising novel about the ultimate luxury and sin: that dark mistress, chocolate.
A tantalising novel about the ultimate luxury and sin: that dark mistress, chocolate. FA Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)