by Jean Anglade · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782258059962
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«La Rose et le Lilas» is the rural-set novel by Jean Anglade, published in 2003 by Presses de la Cité in paperback, in French.
Novel inspired by a real character: Rose Malartre, a level-crossing keeper in Auvergne who, after a youth of hard work and an arranged marriage, begins to write when widowed. Encouraged by an erudite friend, she writes between passing trains and portrays the French rural world of the late 19th century: its people, its language, and its customs.
Part of the Terres de France collection from Presses de la Cité. Paperback edition in French, published in 2003; ISBN 9782258059962.
For those seeking a European novel set in rural France, with a female protagonist and roots in a specific region.
