Translated

 On Sunday, I pulled a book from a Little Free Library near here. The frontispiece read

DOUGLAS KENNEDY

AU PAYS DE DIEU

Traduit de l'américain par Bernard Cohen

 

There are a number of books around the house in French, none that I can think of translated from another language. I am tempted to stop by one of a couple of local bookstores that do carry French books to see whether other publishers believe in the American language.

In American English "God's Country" is a general term of approval. Seventy years ago, Jacques Barzun wrote the book God's Country and Mine: A Declaration of Love Spiced with a Few Harsh Words. Douglas Kennedy, to judge from the back cover of the book, refers to the Bible Belt.