Vanilla Beans and Brodo: Real Life in the Hills of Tuscany

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  • Author : Isabella Dusi
  • Binding : Paperback
  • EAN : 9780743404112
  • Edition : New edition
  • ISBN : 0743404114
  • Label : Pocket Books
  • Languages : Original Language: English, Published: English
  • Manufacturer : Pocket Books
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Number Of Pages : 480
  • Package Dimensions : 1.60 inches (Height) x 7.50 inches (Length) x 0.65 pounds (Weight) x 4.80 inches (Width)
  • Product Group : Book
  • Publication Date : 2002-05-07
  • Publisher : Pocket Books
  • SKU : ASC-0743404114-3
  • Studio : Pocket Books

A captivating and beautifully written travel memoir which evokes the real Tuscany and its people in all their passion, colour, eccentricity and charm.

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Traditionally, foreign writers describing a country adopt the outsider's point of view and focus on the more quaint and amusing aspects of the locals' lives. This is particularly true of Italy, where the more exotic side of the country is maximised and the lives of people treated as being less important. Not so in Isabella Dusi's fascinating Vanilla Beans and Brodo which takes the radical (and fascinating) approach of dealing with the day-to-day lives of those who live in the beautiful Tuscan Hills. In fact, the book is subtitled Real Life in the Hills of Tuscany, and the author (who sold all she owned to travel halfway around the world and settle in the exquisite mountain eyrie of Montalcino) makes the descriptions of the seasons and countryside as evocative as one could wish, but her real subject is the people. Finding it initially difficult to be accepted into this close-knit wine community, she gradually wins their respect and friendship. The experiences of the author in the village--as different from English life as could be imagined--are totally absorbing. But this is no mere pleasant pictorial--Isabella Dusi conjures genuine drama as summer approaches and wild storms threaten to destroy the grape harvest. We are given, en route, the bloody history of this medieval village, but what stays with the reader is the incident-packed lives of the inhabitants: a million miles away from most people's placid image of life in this most beautiful part of the world. If you want to live another life for a few hours, here's your chance. --Barry Forshaw

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