Under the Tuscan Sun

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Under the Tuscan Sun

Auteur(s): Frances Mayes

Narrateur(s): Frances Mayes

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The beloved memoir of self-discovery set against the spectacular Tuscan countryside that inspired the major motion picture starring Diane Lane—now in a twentieth-anniversary edition featuring a new afterword

“This beautifully written memoir about taking chances, living in Italy, loving a house and, always, the pleasures of food, would make a perfect gift for a loved one. But it’s so delicious, read it first yourself.”—USA Today

For more Frances Mayes, including a tour of her now iconic Cortona home, Bramasole, watch PBS’s Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special!

More than twenty years ago, Frances Mayes—widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer—introduced readers to a wondrous new world when she bought and restored an abandoned Tuscan villa called Bramasole. Under the Tuscan Sun inspired generations to embark on their own journeys—whether that be flying to a foreign country in search of themselves, savoring one of the book’s dozens of delicious seasonal recipes, or simply being transported by Mayes’s signature evocative, sensory language. Now with a new afterword from Frances Mayes, the twentieth-anniversary edition of Under the Tuscan Sun revisits the book’s most popular characters.©1998 Frances Mayes; (P)1998 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell, A Division of Random House Inc.

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A New York Times Notable Book

"This beautifully written memoir about taking chances, living in Italy. loving a house and, always, the pleasures of food, would make a perfect gift for a loved one. But it's so delicious, read it first yourself."
—USA Today

"Irresistible...a sensous book for a sensous countryside."
—Minneapolis Star-Tribune

“An intense celebration of what [Mayes] calls ‘the voluptuousness of Italian life’ . . . appealing and very vivid . . . [The] book seems like the kind of thing you’d tuck into a picnic basket on an August day . . . or better yet, keep handy on the bedside table in the depths of January.”
—New York Times Book Review

"Armchair travel at its most enticing."
—Booklist

“Mayes [has] perfect vision. . . . I do not doubt that centuries form now, whoever lives in Bramasole will one day uncover bits of pottery used at Mayes’ table. She has, by the sweat of her brow and the strength of her vision, become a layer in the history of this place.”
—Los Angeles Times

"After buying a rundown villa in rural Tuscany, the American author Frances Mayes moves to Cortona to renovate the property and learn more about the Italian dolce vita. Her bestselling memoir on her time there paints a vivid description of the town, the people and the lush surrounding countryside of rolling hills and vineyards. A poet and a gourmet cook, Mayes includes a number of chapters on food, replete with classic Italian recipes to further whet the appetite."
—Irish Times

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for some reason, thos os 0ne of Francis Mayes' books I had not read, although I did see the movie. I often wondered if the movie was a true version because it did not fit with the image of the author that I found in reading her other books. I do think I enjoyed Under the Tuscan Sun more because I have actually been to Italy 4 times since seeing the movie and reading her other books. it's not a dream but a very real place and this book does it all the justice it deserves.

I love the subtle humour in this audio book and the very vivid and poetic descriptions which please my visual mind.

At first, I had difficulty with France's southern American accent in her narration, partly because I hadn't really imagined it before and also because it is just so , Southern USA. Having only known her work through my own reading it was my Canadian accent that felt right. Silly I know, but audio books remove our own voice and force us to shift our perception . By the end of the book, however, I felt I knew her and the accent became as endearing.

I am so glad the book was not the movie! I enjoyed the movie, but that was more fantasy. The actual book is an education and immersion in Italian life through the eyes of someone who has invested time exploring which is much more satisfying.

++I had to come back to this review to add 2 things that really saddened and alarmed me about this book. In one chapter the author refers to a child playing as a "retarded" boy running around. I realize that that term is very American. to call people retarded and use that also as an insult., and to label humans with any intellectual differences. But why note that...what you are saying is that you see his intellectual challenges not his humanity. Why not just see him as a child running around playing among the people??? He is just that...a beautiful child .

In another part a visiting American Gospel choir was labeled as black and it was noted they were the only black faces to be seen...really? I found there were many people in Italy from all over the globe , Africans, Romany etc. Why not just notectheyvwere a wonderful choir?

I just feel this is an alert to anyone buying the book ..I already purchased it and might not have given how I feel about bigotry. so, I sm torn about how I feel about this book.