A Wild Herb Soup by Émilie Carles
A vivid autobiographical portrait of life in a remote Alpine village, tracing a woman's journey from childhood on a subsistence farm to politically engaged adulthood; it blends intimate memories of hard work, herbal lore and mountain landscapes with reflections on education, feminism, pacifism and the social changes that reshape rural France. Rich in sensory detail and local speech, the narrative honors traditional knowledge and communal bonds while critiquing the forces of modernization and inequality, showing how personal experience becomes the basis for moral and political conviction.
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- Published
- 1977
- Nationality
- French
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- Original Language
- French
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- Alternate Titles
- - Une soupe aux herbes sauvages
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