A year in the world journeys of a passionate traveller
The author who captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany expands her horizons to immerse herself--and her readers--in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve new special places. This book is a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous pleasures found in unlikely local...
| Main Author: | Mayes, Frances. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Broadway Books,
c2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: |
The author who captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany expands her horizons to immerse herself--and her readers--in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve new special places. This book is a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous pleasures found in unlikely locales, of memory woven into the present, and of a joyous sense of quest. She rents houses among ordinary residents, shops at neighborhood markets, wanders the back streets, and everywhere contemplates the concept of home. Weaving together personal perceptions and informed commentary on art, architecture, history, landscape, and social and culinary traditions of each area, Mayes brings the immediacy of life in her temporary homes to the reader.--From publisher description. |
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| Item Description: |
Map on endpapers. |
| Physical Description: |
xx, 420 p. : map ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-420). |
| ISBN: |
0767910052 (alk. paper) |
| Author Notes: |
Mayes' memoir "Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy," about buying and restoring an abandoned villa in Cortona, was a national best seller in 1996. It became the basis of a feature film of the same name in 2003 starring Diane Lane. In addition her travel writing, Frances Mayes is the author of six books of poetry and is a respected essayist and gourmet cook. Frances' title Under Magnolia is a 2015 New York Times bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) |