January 27, 2020

3399 FRANCE (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté) - The Bread of the Earth


This postcard depict the cover of the book The Bread of the Earth - The Mountain People Tell, by Anne-Marie Prodon, published by Cabédita Publishing House on December 22, 1998. In 25 chapters, 35 peasants and mountain people recount their lives in the first half of the 20th century, in their villages of the Franco-Swiss Jura. Men and women of the earth, attached to their living environment and their heritage, they conducted the same struggle to find the basic necessities for their existence in this arid county subject to the strong winds from the north. Through both funny and tragic anecdotes, they bear witness to a harsh and healthy life that made them robust, tenacious, determined and ingenious to face everyday realities.

About the stamp
The stamp is part of a large series dedicated to The Art of Rancillac and issued on February 11, 2017.

References
The Bread of the Earth - The Mountain People Tell, by Anne-Marie Prodon - booknode.com 

Sender 3388: Jean-Yves Gerlat
Sent from Lancey / Villard-Bonnot (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes / France), on 07.02.2018

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