Under the Tuscan Sun Author: Frances Mayes | Language: English | ISBN:
B000FBJDAW | Format: PDF
Under the Tuscan Sun Description
A CLASSIC FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF UNDER MAGNOLIA
Frances Mayes—widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer—opens the door to a wondrous new world when she buys and restores an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. In evocative language, she brings the reader along as she discovers the beauty and simplicity of life in Italy. Mayes also creates dozens of delicious seasonal recipes from her traditional kitchen and simple garden, all of which she includes in the book. Doing for Tuscany what M.F.K. Fisher and Peter Mayle did for Provence, Mayes writes about the tastes and pleasures of a foreign country with gusto and passion.
Now with an excerpt from Frances Mayes's latest southern memoir, Under Magnolia
- File Size: 655 KB
- Print Length: 304 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0767916069
- Publisher: Broadway Books; Reprint edition (August 26, 2003)
- Sold by: Random House LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B000FBJDAW
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- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,233 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #5
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Travel > Europe > Italy - #8
in Books > Education & Reference > Writing, Research & Publishing Guides > Writing > Travel - #15
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Travel > Essays & Travelogues
- #5
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Travel > Europe > Italy - #8
in Books > Education & Reference > Writing, Research & Publishing Guides > Writing > Travel - #15
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Travel > Essays & Travelogues
I was thoroughly dissatisfied with this novel. Due to extreme stubbornness, I forced myself to finish after several grueling months. After seeing the movie, which I adored, I starting searching for this book expecting it to be even better. The book, however, is not even slightly similar to the movie. The movie chronicled the main characters search for romance. The book, however, is a true story focusing on the restoration of an old Tuscan house Frances Mayes, the author, and her husband purchased. She describes ever step of remodeling her house in painful detail; there was an entire twenty page chapter focusing on the removal and replacement of old linoleum. Do not worry, we are also told in detail about the disposal of the aforesaid linoleum! Several other lengthy chapters were dedicated to Mayes and her husband having a custom made wrought iron gate constructed and installed. Other chapters are dedicated to the reconstruction of a stone wall around their house and, of course, we are told in depth about the various building requirements, tools, workmen, and disposal of any unusable stone. Also, the reader is allowed the thrill of excruciatingly long chapters dedicated to the remodeling of bathrooms and kitchens which, as we all know, is a subject of endless fascination. As if this is not exciting enough, the reader receives lengthy dissertations on the author's shopping trips chronicling everything she bought from bed sheets to silverware. Later, as the excitement builds to a climax, the reader is allowed a exhaustive chapter on her cleaning the floors and windows as well as painting the walls. Often, she would include entire chapters of recipes, which could have been enjoyable if it were included as a bonus at the conclusion of the novel and not an actual part of the story.
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