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  Day 3382 (Saturday) 12th September 2026   This is Peillon which is 20 kilometres (12 miles) north-east of Nice and this is Eze Village. The weather cleared up beautifully and it was hot and sunny again with very little humidity. We went to Le Phare at lunchtime but there was nobody there.   Here are some more ‘ Contemporary fiction books about France’   French fiction books before, during and after World War II All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr All The Light We Cannot See is a beautiful book, as it should be, written as it is by a Pulitzer Prize winner. The story is about a blind girl hiding in Saint-Malo and a German boy, forced to fight in the war, whose destinies meet. It deals with the war, with the intensity of the characters' thoughts and feelings, but also provides a captivating look at Saint-Malo during World War II. Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan The author was a shocking 18 years old when she wrote what became a cult novel of growing up, ...
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  Day 3381 (Friday) 11th September 2026 This is Peille, north of Menton and this is Menton. I found this interesting website about books about France - it's quite long so I'll post it over a few days. Contemporary fiction books about France Chocolat by Joanne Harris "Even before it was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp, Joanne Harris' New York Times bestselling novel Chocolat entranced readers with its mix of hedonism, whimsy, and, of course, chocolate."   The Cleaner of Chartres   by Salley Vickers “If you enjoy the work of Marilynne Robinson, Penelope Fitzgerald, James Salter…you should be reading Vickers.” —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Book World. A cleaning woman with a past works at the Chartres Cathedral (you'll love the descriptions). Soon she will have to confront her past. The Elegance of the Hedgehog   by Muriel Barbery and Alison Anderson The phenomenal New York Times bestseller that “explores the ...
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