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I discovered this French trilogy a few years ago. Being a great fan of audio books (from Audible French site) I started the first one and found I couldn’t stop listening! It accompanied me on a very long solo drive through France to Saint Etienne.
The first one in the trilogy is “La Bicyclette Bleue” (covering the period 1939 – 1942)
Quick synopsis :
Léa Delmas a dix-sept ans. Sa famille possède le domaine de Montillac, au cœur du vignoble bordelais. Sa vie se résume aux senteurs de cette terre, à la lumière, à la tendresse des siens. La maison s’affaire aux préparatifs du bal… Mais la déclaration de guerre anéantit l’harmonie de cette fin d’été, et jette Léa dans le chaos. Elle découvre et affronte la débâcle, l’exode sous les bombes, la mort, l’occupation nazie, l’exploitation du domaine, la violence du plaisir, la fragilité des sentiments. En ces premières années de guerre, Léa est contrainte à des choix impossibles…Number 2 is “101 Avenue Henri-Martin” (covering 1942 -1944) read by the same narrator – Veronique Groux de Mieri. I have searched for other books read by the same person, as I find she has great talent for reading and is so easy to listen to, very convincing. She adapts her voice to do several different characters.
Number 3 in the trilogy is “Le Diable en Rit Encore (1944-1945). I’m not going to tell you how it ends, but each volume of around 12 hours is well worth it.
Again I am always impressed to hear how the French lived through the occupation and summoned up so much courage and initiative to make the Resistance effective.
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