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October 2016

Jean-Simon Mandeau

  • La tournée du libraire
 
JEAN SIMON
 La tournée fait sa pause au cœur des vignobles

This lover of words on crisp pages is also a lover of nature and of life. Jean-Simon Mandeau carries his erudition lightly, simply and with good humour. If you set off with the itinerant bookseller in his bottle-green 1960s Peugeot 404, expect a trip that exceeds your expectations! The idea came to him one evening at aperitif time, when he was delivering books to a customer in his faithful car as the setting sun bestowed that special pink light on the Alpilles: why not share these blissful moments with others? ‘‘So I had the idea of creating the Tournée du Libraire. The central idea is a shared moment. Sharing the comfort and aroma of this beautiful and very popular car, sharing a glass of organic wine from our rich earth, sharing the view of these fantastic landscapes, sharing our lives, our enthusiasms and the joy of being able to experience all that.’’ He offers several different formulae ranging from a 30-minute trip to a day’s outing, for up to four people, with chitchat about books, places, things and people along the way.

 

www.latourneedulibraire.com

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