- Description and travel, Italian Cookery, Nonfiction, Social life and customs
Now in paperback, the #1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany, in the spirit of Peter Mayle's *A Year in Provence*.
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Warm, contemplative, earnest and classical in form.
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Frances Mayes
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 284
- Publisher
- Random House Audio, Broadway, Broadway Books
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- Chinese, English
- ISBN
- 9787531720317
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“I AM ABOUT TO BUY A HOUSE IN A FOREIGN country.”
Frances Mayes is an American university professor, poet, memoirist, essayist, and novelist.
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