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Product Identifiers
PublisherAlbatross Publishing
ISBN-100920256384
ISBN-139780920256381
eBay Product ID (ePID)741564
Product Key Features
Book TitleHills of Tuscany a Memoir
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicEurope / Italy, General, Customs & Traditions
GenreTravel, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorFerenc Mate
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight16.2 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal945.5/0929
SynopsisThe Máté's arrived in Tuscany in the late 1980s knowing no Italian and with only four weeks to search for the country house of their dreams. On their last night there, after having been chased by wild boars and befriended by a country realtor who also sells pigs and coffins, they finally concluded the deal on the hood of a rusting tractor with the lawyer speaking Italian and them responding in French, English, and Hungarian, in a Tower of Babel version of "Who's on First?" So begins Ferenc Máté's endearing, in-love-with-life memoir of their first five years in Tuscany, by turns buoyant, reflective, and laugh-out-loud hilarious. His engaging, often poetic prose describes the way of life they were looking for and found-where neighbors, community, home, and, most of all, children, form the focal point of daily life. They live in a small thirteenth-century monastery, surrounded by their vineyards and olive groves, in the spectacular hills near Siena, a few miles from where The English Patient was filmed. The Hills of Tuscany--steeped in mesmerizing scenery and wonderful medieval towns, full of unforgettably delightful characters and spectacular food and wine-nourishes body, mind, and soul. If you're not passionately in love with life at the moment, you'll be hopelessly so by the time you turn the last page., The true-life adventure of a couple who left New York for a life in Tuscany. The Mates arrived in Tuscany in the late-1980s, knowing no Italian and with only four weeks to search for the country house of their dreams. This is Ferenc Mate's in-love-with-life memoir of their first five years in Tuscany, by turns buoyant, reflective, and hilarious. He describes the way of life they were looking for, and what they found - where neighbours, community, home, and most of all, children, form the focal point of daily life. They live in a small, 13th-century monastery, surrounded by vineyards and olive groves, in the hills near Siena., As seductive as A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun, but with the wit and charm of a 1930s romantic comedy, the true-life adventure of a couple who chucked New York for a new life in Tuscany., As seductive as "A Year in Provence" and "Under the Tuscan Sun", but with the wit and charm of a 1930s romantic comedy, this book presents the true-life adventure of a couple who chucked New York for a new life in Tuscany.
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- 21. Sep. 2021
The start of a new life in Tuscany
This is the personal story of a couple who buys a rural home in Tuscany, with stories of the region, it's people, villages and culture.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 24. Feb. 2017
Great read ....
Will make you want to pack your bags & head to Italy tomorrow!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 11. Dez. 2024
Love
Happy I got all three books of the trilogyBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
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