On Persephone's Island - A Sicilian Journal

Informationen zum Autor Mary Taylor Simeti is an American expert in Sicilian medieval and culinary history. Simeti’s book, On Persephone’s Island: A Sicilian Journal , chronicles a year on Sicily, the Mediterranean island that she called her permanent home after visiting for a year. Her other books include Pomp and Sustenance: Twenty-five Centuries of Sicilian Food, Sicilian Food: Recipes from Italy's Abundant Isle and more. She has also contributed numerous articles on Sicily to the New York Times’ travel section. Klappentext An American woman residing in Sicily for the past twenty years portrays the Sicilian landscape and customs-both rural and urban-from the perspectives of both a "foreigner" and a resident. Zusammenfassung An American woman residing in Sicily for the past twenty years portrays the Sicilian landscape and customs—both rural and urban—from the perspectives of both a “foreigner” and a resident.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Taylor Simeti
• Publisher: Vintage USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.1995
• EAN: 9780679764144
• ISBN: 978-0-679-76414-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 209 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Vintage Departures; Vintage Departures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic