In Maremma
Life and a House in Southern Tuscany
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Publication
2001-04-24 - Counterpoint Press
Language
English
Word Count
40,000 words, Guess
Page Count
160 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-101582430616
- ISBN-139781582430614
- Goodreads1651133
- LibraryThing244121
- Library of Congress Control Number00065862
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL8787159M
Description
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.
First Sentence
HE FIRST saw Podere Fiume, or River Farm, on a cold and rainy afternoon in January 1997.
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