The Fly–Truffler

Out of the pungent soil and wind-struck orchards of Provence this enchanting love story will make you believe if you ever doubted it in the power of love and the lengths people will go to keep it alive.. Philippe Cabassac has fly-truffled—the art of stalking the flies that lay their eggs directly over the truffles—every winter since childhood on his family estate in Provence. Since the death of his young wife Julieta the truffles have come to represent something far more than a delicacy for Cabassacs palate: they trigger an evocative sequence of dream visions in which he and his lost wife enter on winter nights a state of intimate and prolonged communion. As Cabassac becomes increasingly involved in his dream life with Julieta he loses his hold on his teaching obligations on managing his estate on his waking life altogether. Set against the fading of traditional Provencal culture and an incandescent Mediterranean landscape The Fly- Truffler celebrates a love that by its very ardor outlasts a lifetime. Reading group guide included.