Life and a House in Southern Tuscany
Edición de la obra In Maremma
| Autor | David Leavitt, Mark Mitchell |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Counterpoint Press |
| Fecha de publicación | April 24, 2001 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 160 |
| Formato | Hardcover |
| ISBN-13 | 9781582430614 |
| ISBN-10 | 1582430616 |
| OCLC | 45603951 |
| LCCN | 00065862 |
| Número de Cutter |
L439i |
Now with stunning illustrations and color photographs, this newly expanded edition of In Maremma recounts David Leavitt and Mark Mitchell's restoration of a dilapidated 1950s farmhouse in southern Tuscany. Beautifully written, witty, and concise, it recounts the process by which they became initiated into a part of Italian life foreigners rarely see. The pleasures of the olive harvest and picking wild asparagus are juxtaposed with the vagaries of political corruption and self-perpetuating bureaucracy. Landscape and weather provide the stuff of reverie, as do the benefits of boredom and the lon.