Format: 128 pp., hardcover; Size: 5 X 8″; Price: $19.95; Publisher: Two Lines Press; Number of village women wearing apple blossom print blouses: all of them; Number of rainy days during the off season of said village: all of them; Some other books by the author: My Heart Hemmed In, Ladivine, La Cheffe; Representative Passage: “She charms the worst part of me,” mused Herman, “the laziest part, the most shiftless. The hours go by without thought or vitality, and everything’s the same, from minor villanies to virtuous good deeds. How restful, yes, what a restful life this is! What a restful place is this village!”
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