by Joanne Harris · Asa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789724120607
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«Chocolate» is the novel by Joanne Harris, published by Asa in paperback (264 pages, in Portuguese).
Vianne Rocher, a single mother, arrives with her daughter in the French village of Lansquenet-sur-Tannes and opens a chocolate shop, La Céleste Praline. Her presence and her sweets challenge the authority of the austere Father Francis Reynaud, who sees her business as a temptation for the villagers. The narrative, through the voices of Vianne and the priest, pits tradition against freedom and the joy of living, in a closed community that will end up transformed.
It is the first instalment of the Chocolate series. Originally published in 1999 as Chocolat.
For readers of contemporary fiction seeking a story set in France with a conflict between customs and freedom.
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.
