by Colette Vlérick · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782258054974
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«Le blé noir» is the French regional novel by Colette Vlérick, published by Presses de la Cité in 2002 (293 pages, in French).
Set in northern Finistère, the story follows three women from the same family of millers —Rose, her daughter Anne-Marie and her granddaughter Marie— between 1910 and the present day. After the First World War, Marie receives from her grandfather Jean Salaün the knowledge of the trade and the passion for the family mill, Moulin Vieux, on the banks of the river Kanol. Over the century, the three women face the changes of the trade and the vicissitudes of history without losing sight of what is essential: the quality of the flour from their millstones.
Novel set in rural Brittany, with the mill and milling as the common thread. Cover with the mention «Roman» confirming the literary genre.
Recommended for readers of regional fiction and family stories tied to the land and rural traditions.
