Chocolat

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Chocolat is a 1999 novel by Joanne Harris. It tells the story of a young mother (Vianne Rocher) who arrives at a fictional oppressed French village (Lansquenet-sous-Tannes) with her six-year-old daughter (Anouk) and opens La Céleste Praline, a small chocolaterie. Vianne's chocolate quickly begins to change the lives of the townspeople with her magic.

Chocolat is the French spelling of "chocolate", and is properly pronounced [ʃokoˈla].

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

The novel was adapted for film in 2000 directed by Lasse Hallstrom and starring Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Judi Dench & Johnny Depp

Release details

1999, UK, Doubleday (ISBN 0385410646), Pub date 4 March 1999, hardback (First edition)
2000, UK, Black Swan (ISBN 0552998486), Pub date 2 March 2000, paperback
1999, USA, Viking Adult (ISBN 0670881791), Pub date ? February 1999, hardback
2000, USA, Penguin Books (ISBN 0140282033), Pub date ? January 2000, paperback
2000, USA, Penguin Books (ISBN 014100018X), Pub date ? November 2000, paperback (tie-in edition)

External links

[About the Book] from the [Joanne Harris Website]

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