Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Mayes, Frances

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ISBN 10: 0767916069 ISBN 13: 9780767916066

Casa editrice: Broadway Books, 2003

Riassunto

The author of Bella Tuscany applies a poet's sensibility, a seasoned traveler's eye, and a cook's palate to the pleasures of the Tuscan countryside, where she began restoring an abandoned villa. Reissue. (A Touchstone Pictures film, written and directed by Audrey Wells, produced by Tom Sternberg, starring Diane Lane) (Travel)

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A New York Times Notable Book of 1997

"This beautifully written memoir about taking chances, living in Italy. loving a house and, always, the pleasures of food, would make a perfect gift for a loved one.  But it's so delicious, read it first yourself."
--USA Today

"Irresistible...a sensous book for a sensous countryside."
--Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"An intense celebration of what [Mayes] calls 'the voluptuousness of Italian life'."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Armchair travel at its most enticing."
--Booklist

"Mayes [has] perfect vision."
--Los Angeles Times

L'autore:

Frances Mayes lives in Cortona, Italy and San Francisco, where she teaches creative writing at San Francisco State University.  A widely published poet as well as a prolific food and travel writer, she has written for the New York Times, House Beautiful, and Food and Wine.

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• Editore: Broadway Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0767916069
• ISBN 13: 9780767916066
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304