A Year In The World - Softcover

Mayes, Frances

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857502409 ISBN 13: 9780857502407

Publisher: Bantam, 2013

Synopsis

The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany returns to immerse herself - and her readers - in the sights, aromas and treasures of twelve new special places.

A YEAR IN THE WORLD is vintage Frances Mayes - a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous pleasures found in unlikely places, of memory woven into the present, and of a joyous sense of quest. An ideal travel companion, Frances Mayes brings to the page the curiosity of an intrepid explorer, remarkable insights into the wonder of the everyday, and a compelling narrative style that entertains as it informs.

With her beloved Tuscany as a home base, Mayes travels to Spain and Portugal, France, the British Isles, and the Mediterranean world of Turkey, Greece, the south of Italy, and North Africa. In Andalucía, she relishes the intersection of cultures. She cooks in Portugal, gathers ideas in the gardens of England and Scotland, takes a literary pilgrimage to Burgundy and explores the Moroccan city of Fez.

Weaving together personal perceptions and informed commentary on art, architecture, history, landscape, and the social and culinary traditions of each area, Mayes brings the immediacy of life in her temporary homes to the reader. An illuminating and passionate book that will be savored by all who loved UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN, A YEAR IN THE WORLD is travel writing at its absolute best.

About this title

Book Description

Her first work of travel-writing since BELLA TUSCANY

From the Back Cover

The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany returns to immerse herself - and her readers - in the sights, aromas and treasures of twelve special places.

Mayes travels to Spain, Portugal, France, Britain, Turkey, Greece, Italy and North Africa. She cooks in Portugal, gathers ideas in the gardens of England and Scotland and explores the Moroccan city of Fez. In Turkey she sails the coast, hiking to archaeological sites and snorkeling over sunken Byzantine towns.

Weaving together personal perceptions and informed commentary on art, architecture, history, landscape, social and culinary traditions of each area, Mayes brings life in her temporary homes to the reader. An illuminating and passionate book that will be savored by all who loved Under the Tuscan Sun, A Year in the World is travel writing at its best.

'Mayes has an eye for the concrete detail, an obvious pleasure, both sensuous and sharp, in the texture of life around her and a gift for the apt phrase' Sunday Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0857502409
• ISBN 13: 9780857502407
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464