Notre-Dame-d'Amour

Set in the Camargue countryside, the narrative follows Zanette, a sixteen-year-old who cares for a neglected chapel and its small local statue of the Virgin, charting her private longings and daily labors at the ferme de la Sirène. The story moves through village rituals, rustic work, fêtes and arènes, encounters with neighbors such as Pastorel and maître Augias, and episodes centered on animals, horses, and popular spectacles, while personal entanglements develop that encompass love, remorse, vendetta, and social obligation. Lyrical landscape description and folkloric detail alternate with scenes of community life and dramatic confrontation.