Inside the Belly of the Avignon and Postcards from Summer Summary and Analysis

Place Pie serves as the town square in the center of Avignon. Elegant old buildings are located on one side of the square, while a hideous modern sculpture is located on the opposite side. Mayle is in Avignon to shop at the fresh food market, Les Halles, located there. He has arrived at 6 am, before the market is open, in order to get a place to park.

Inside the market, Mayle observes other shoppers eating breakfast of croissants, coffee and wine. Mayle joins them, limiting his order to coffee. The produce sellers are laying out their fruits and vegetables and deciding on their prices. Down the way, fish sellers are setting up, causing the floor around them to become wet and slippery. Butchers...