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The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria by Marlena De Blasi: Used
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Pages
- 317
- Publication Date
- 2007-01-01
- ISBN
- 9781565124738
- Book Title
- Lady in the Palazzo : at Home in Umbria
- Item Length
- 7.8in
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Social Science
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, Europe / Italy, Personal Memoirs, General, Customs & Traditions
- Item Width
- 4.8in
- Item Weight
- 19.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 317 Pages
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Touching and humorous, Marlena de Blasi's account of moving with her husband, Fernando, to Orvieto, the largest city in Italy's Umbria, is a story that will appeal to anyone who delights in travel and shares the fantasy of beginning a new life in a very different place.
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Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-10
1565124731
ISBN-13
9781565124738
eBay Product ID (ePID)
58622042
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lady in the Palazzo : at Home in Umbria
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Europe / Italy, Personal Memoirs, General, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, Social Science
Number of Pages
317 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.8in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
4.8in
Item Weight
19.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Dg975.O7d4 2006
Reviews
"[De Blasi's] poetic writing style, her meditative internal monologues, her celebration of traditional foods and her inclusion of a number of recipes from the region, make this a feast for armchair travelers, food enthusiasts, romantics and anyone who enjoys a good story with a happy ending." - Rocky Mount (NC) Telegram
Table of Content
Part One: The Next House 1. A Life Lived Well Moves Backward 2. Truth, Hard and Ho, Has Its Pleasures 3. Once in a While, Let Life Shape Itself 4. Life Is Lived in Epochs Part Two: Waiting for a Ballroom 5. That's Umbria Out There 6. Everywhere in Orvieto This Is the Suspicion of Glory 7. Bombastes Is Back in Town 8. Umbria Is Italy Unmingled 9. She Says People Need to Be Together as Much as They Need to Eat 10. Besides, They All Have Something of the Ass about Them, Chou 11. I Preferred One Waltz with a Beauty to a Lifetime with Someone Less Rare 12. Wait until Midnight If You Can 13. Sleep Well and Rise Early to an Exuberance of Bells 14. Most All of Us Abide in Ruins 15. I'd Like to Have Hair the Color of Hot Copper Wires 16. And Be Careful of Edgardo d'Onofrio 17. The Orvietani 18. We're Going to Live in a Ballroom, Fernando. Isn't That the Most Wonderful Thing You Ever Heard? 19. Brahms at Eight O'Clock from Across the Vicolo Part Three: In Via del Duomo 20. Where I Come From, We Invite Our Neighbors and Friends to Supper 21. Black Ties and Party Dresses 22. Would the Lady Be Pleased by a Waltz? The Feast Pan-Sautéed Winter Pears with Pecorino and Walnut Focaccia Umbrichelli with Olivada Leg of Spiced Pork Slow-Braised in Red Wine with Prunes Roasted Chestnut Polenta Brown Sugar Gelato with Caramelized Blood Oranges Warm Sambuca Fritters Acknowledgements
Copyright Date
2006
Lccn
2006-045874
Dewey Decimal
945/.652
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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