Bibliograph

A year in the world, journeys of a passionate traveller, Frances Mayes

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A year in the world, journeys of a passionate traveller, Frances Mayes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-420)

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A year in the world

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

669070871

Responsibility statement

Frances Mayes

Sub title

journeys of a passionate traveller

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

Table Of Contents

Cupolas of Alghero -- Blood oranges : Andalucía -- Astrolabe and Cataplana : Portugal -- Spaccanapoli : split Naples -- The sun on its throne : Taormina -- Tasting the South : Italy -- Inside the color spectrum : Fez -- A paperweight for Colette : Burgundy -- From garden to garden : the British Isles -- Washed by time's waters : islands of Greece -- Bulls, poets, archangels : Crete and Mani -- Among friends : Scotland -- Aboard the Cevri Hasan : Turkey's Lycian Coast -- An armful of bougainvillea : Capri -- For example : Mantova -- Envoi: The riddle of home

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