A woman leaves her coastal Greenland village to translate the works of a renowned Provenal poet and finds her life irrevocably changed, in this tender and romantic novel set in a French village.Bighearted, whimsical, and enchanting.Christina Baker Kline, New York Times bestselling author of The ExilesIlse Erlund is a translator who lives in a house on stilts along the west coast of Greenland. Isolated and restless in her world by the sea, she convinces her publisher to pay for a trip to the country she has never visited but whose language she speaks fluently France. Her mission is to translate the verses of Geoffrey Po Labaye, a charismatic poet known as the last living troubadour of Provence.Upon arrival in the medieval hilltop village of Belle Rivire, Ilse falls under the spell of the Provenal way of life, captivated by the air, the sun, the vibrant spring colors, and the dulcet sounds of the dialect. Soon enough, Ilse is captivated by the poet, too, and she and Po develop a daily rhythm and warm camaraderiewhich is disrupted by the arrival of the poets son, Frey. Though he has a fiance back in Paris, Frey turns his attentions to Ilse, and suddenly she is forced to learn another language, one her translation skills have not prepared her to decode. Whereand with whomdoes her future lie?With an eye and ear attuned to the sensibilities of French life, Elizabeth Birkelund has created a love story about a woman forced to choose between the security of her quiet northern home...

Binding: Paperback;352 pages; Publisher: Random House USA Inc; Classification: FA; Weight: 370 g; Dimensions: 201 x 132 x 22

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