 ...A book is like a garden carried in the pocket... Chinese Proverb
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SNOWBALL ORANGES
by
PETER KERR
Książka używana, w języku angielskim Stan książki: bdb-
Oprawa: miękka
Ilość stron: 315
Rok wydania: 2000
The Scottish Farmer
'Touching, moving, sentimental without being slushy, crude at times, but never offensive, this story is carried...on an entertaining raft of humour.'
The Sunday Post Magazine
'This should do for Spain what 'A Year in Provence' did for France.'
The Scots Magazine
''A Year in Provence' by Peter Mayle was one of the great hits of travel writing-and now there could well be another, this time with a rich Spanish flavour.'
The Bookseller
'Sold a lemon of an orange farm...a Scottish family have their faith in human nature restored...and adapt to a deceptively simple idyll.'
The Scotsman
Kerr always sees the funny side...
Library Journal (USA)
"This charming, cheerful book will appeal to anyone looking for a different
take on Spain and Mallorca."
It's the stuff of dreams. A Scottish family give up relative sanity and security to go and grow oranges for a living in a secluded valley in the mountains of Mallorca. But dreams, as everyone knows, have a nasty habit of not turning out quite as intended. Being greeted by a freak snowstorm is only the first of many surprises and "experiences", and it isn't long before they realise that they have been sold a bit of a lemon of an orange farm by the wily previous owners. However, laughter is the best medicine and a colourful set of Mallorcan neighbours (including an eccentric old goat-herd who eats worm-ridden oranges to improve his sex life) restore the family's faith in human nature and help them adapt to a new and unexpectedly testing life in this deceptively simple idyll of rural Spain.
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