The Hills of Tuscany: A New Home in an Old Land [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Mate, Ferenc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006551920 ISBN 13: 9780006551928

Verlag: Flamingo, 1999

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‘After reading this, I feel the glow of those burnt-umber fields, the taste of the wine, the food. more importantly, I feel the generosity of the people. This memoir is an Italophile’s dream, the book of a luminous dream come true.’
Jay Parini

Reseña del editor:

A mouth-wateringly evocative memoir of a new life in Tuscany.

Ferenc Mate and his painter wife Candace arrived from New York in the late 1980s, knowing almost no Italian and with only four weeks to find themselves a new home. After many (hilariously told) mishaps, they finally conclude the deal for their perfect house – an ancient farmhouse in the Tuscan hills – by drawing on the hood of a rusty tractor. Mate brings the real Tuscany to life: the neighbours, the countryside, country-life, the family farm down the road who virtually adopt them and teach them the Tuscan traditions of grape-picking, wine-making, mushroom hunting, woodcutting, the holidays and, of course, the almost never-ending, mouth-watering feasts.

The Hills of Tuscany is a classic piece of rural escapism for urban dreamers. Witty and enticingly written, it offers a tempting invitation to readers to lose themselves in its lushness. Steeped in the mesmerizing Italian landscape, full of unforgettable characters, this book is an affirmation of traditions, friendship and the countryside – a celebration of life itself.

. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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• Verlag: Flamingo
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0006551920
• ISBN 13: 9780006551928
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 258