Chocolat

a novel

No cover

Chocolat (1999, Doubleday Canada Limited)

242 pages

English language

Published Nov. 20, 1999 by Doubleday Canada Limited.

ISBN:
9780385257435
OCLC Number:
39905724

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4 stars (1 review)

A tantalising novel about the ultimate luxury and sin: that dark mistress, chocolate.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 …

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Subjects

  • Chocolate -- France -- Fiction.
  • Lent -- France -- Fiction.
  • Cities and towns -- France -- Fiction.