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"[Fisher] is a national treasure." —Newsweek
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This memoir of the French provincial capital of Aix-en-Provence is, as the author tells us, "my picture, my map, of a place and therefore of myself...just as much of its reality is based on my own shadows, my inventions." A vibrant and perceptive profile of the kinship between a person and a place. A Considerable Town M.F.K. Fisher scans the centuries to reveal the ancient sources that clarify the Marseille of today and the indestructible nature of its people A delightful journey filtered through the senses of a profound writer.
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Product details
Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Vintage; 1st Vintage Books ed edition (August 12, 1983)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0394716310
ISBN-13: 978-0394716312
Product Dimensions:
5.2 x 1 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
3.6 out of 5 stars
24 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#582,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
I recently finished MFK Fisher's Two Towns in Provence. The book was written in the early 1970's and shares Fisher's experience in Aix and Marseilles France during several visits in the 1930's, 1950's and the 1970's. My guess is little has changed in those towns since then. Fisher is a beautiful writer. Even though this book is mainly a travel memoir, it paints a wonderful picture of life in those Southern French towns from the point of view of a lone American woman with her two little girls.She begins in Aix, the city of fountains. Her descriptions captivated me. I could almost hear the trickle of water throughout the town. I could imagine the narrow cobble-stone streets with French men and women scurrying along, carrying a loaf of fresh bread under their arms. The shops and restaurants came alive with Fisher's details. When she was there in the 1950's while her children were quite small, France was still reeling from the the war. Everyone Fisher described, whether a waiter, an innkeeper, a shopkeeper, a homeless man on the street suffered during that time. They all had different stories. Aix is a city I'd love to visit and her descriptions made me even more anxious to do so.Marseilles, on the other hand, is not a city high on my list to visit. Fisher seems to have had a love/hate relationship with that city. She points out the beautiful spots as well as the ugly places. Being a large port, Marseilles attracts the lowest of low. She does not brush lightly on those people and their effects on the city. But, her love for Marseilles rings out loud and clear.To me the book was long for a travel memoir. What could she possibly say in over four-hundred pages. I expected it to be over in a couple of hundred. But, she kept going and so did I. It's not a fast read but it is a beautiful read. It reminded me of a journey by ship. Slow and methodical.Here are a few of the beautiful excerpts I particularly liked:"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious...the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists...this knowledge, this feeling is the center of true."We are subtly catatonic, each in our own way, perhaps a little drunk on white wine and regret...""At night it glows, as do many great modern fountains, with white and colored lights which turn it into a kind of glorified wedding cake, audible if inedible.""The sunlight poured in through the beautiful windows, and stripped Madam's face like a scalpel, seeing viciously into the essence of her, the skin within the skin."As I read Fisher's accounts, I wondered about her life. Why were there no men with her? She had two little girls but no fathers. She travelled with her sister at times and talked about her. Later, I read about her life. Her oldest daughter Anne's father was never acknowledged. By the time she was born, Mary had been married and divorced and widowed. After divorcing her first husband, she married Dillwyn Parrish. That was a good marriage until he developed Buerger's disease--a very painful circulatory illness that caused him enormous pain. He shot himself. Later, Mary met Donald Friede with whom she fell in love and married. That's when her second daughter, Kennedy, was born. But, that marriage, too, didn't last.In other words, Mary was a single mom who travelled to France, lived there for long periods with her children, and wrote beautiful books. Men came and went in her life, but she was an example of an independent, successful woman.In Two Towns in Provence, you'll learn about the people, the art, the churches, the doctors, the festivals, the shops, the food, and so much more. Fisher gives us a rare glimpse into French culture and does it with an amazingly beautiful style.
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The came in decent shape used, but a paragraph in place of a sentence makes this a drawn out book.
A must if you like food, people, France and evocative Provence. My book group here in the Luberon are reading it now and we will discuss it, where else?, at LES DEUX GARÇONS.
As a food writer...or just a writer in general...hard to surpass MFK Fisher.
Two beautiful books (bound as one) by the incomparable MFK Fisher about her years in Aix-en-Provence and Marseilles with her two children. She evokes not only two places she loves, with all her sharp observatory skills and emotional insights, but along the way gives us rare glimpses into her personal life. Any MFK Fisher fan or lover of Provence should cherish this writing.
I really enjoyed reading MFK Fisher's description of her and her daughter's time spent living in Aux and Marseilles. It was nearly as good as being there in person, since I doubt I will ever go there. I would love to see the fountains in Aux after reading about the town.
An artfully written autobiography of MFK in the two towns covered. An abundance of local color that will be of interest to anyone traveling to these places.
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