by Joanne Harris · Transworld Pub · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552998932
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«Chocolat» is the magic realism novel by Joanne Harris, published by Transworld Pub in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Vianne Rocher and her daughter Anouk arrive in the French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes and open a chocolate shop opposite the church in the middle of Lent. Father Reynaud sees her as a threat, but the shop becomes a refuge for secrets and dreams. The Easter chocolate festival Vianne organises divides the village between tradition and pleasure.
First instalment of the Lansquenet trilogy; the film adaptation was nominated for an Oscar and starred Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp.
For readers of contemporary fiction and magic realism who enjoy stories of small communities, moral conflicts and gastronomy.
Joanne Michèle Sylvie Harris is a British author, best known for her 1999 novel Chocolat, which was adapted into a film of the same name. Born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, of a French mother and a British father, she was a teacher of French for 15 years and had published three novels during this period before the surprise success of Chocolat enabled her to write full time. Since then she has written over 30 books in a number of genres, including fantasy, psychological thriller, novellas, short stories and non-fiction. Harris' books often feature themes of women's empowerment, folklore, motherhood, community, outsiders and outcasts, and food.
