false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171940591m/127672.jpg 127672 17 <p>The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in bestselling travel memoirs expands her horizons to immerse herself&#8212;and her readers&#8212;in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve new special places. <br> <br><i>A Year in the World</i> is vintage Frances Mayes&#8212;a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous pleasures found in unlikely locales, 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. <br><br>With her beloved Tuscany as a home base, Mayes travels to Spain, Portugal, France, the British Isles, and to 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, discovers an ideal place to live in Mantova, and explores the essential Moroccan city of Fez. She rents houses among ordinary residents, shops at neighborhood markets, wanders the back streets, and everywhere contemplates the concept of home. While in Greece, she follows the classic Homeric voyage across the Aegean, lives in a bougainvillea-draped stone house in Crete, and then drives deep into the Mani. In Turkey with friends, she sails the ancient coast, hiking to archaeological sites and snorkeling over sunken Byzantine towns. Weaving together personal perceptions and informed commentary on art, architecture, history, landscape, and 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 <i>Under the Tuscan Sun, A Year in the World</i> is travel writing at its peak.</p> 2592866 2006 A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller total:640|5:101|4:184|3:213|2:109|1:33| 640 2131 1232 187 1 3 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 24 13:00:19 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 13:17:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 06:32:03 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 15:57:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Dec 29 13:49:49 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 30 09:14:48 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 29 13:49:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 12:04:56 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 21:22:01 -0700 2009 4 1 true false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 05:51:51 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 06:18:55 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 17 12:11:36 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 12:11:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jul 26 06:47:52 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 06:48:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 14:06:28 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 14:45:23 -0800 2009 This is okay but I was a bit disappointed in the traveling being
done over a long period. I felt she gave a great deal of history
and that was helpful. I probably would not travel to many of the
places she mentioned in the chapters. I was interested in renting
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"A year spent unmoored -- from home and errands and work and the ties that bind -- would have yielded ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 09:57:45 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 23:23:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 17:09:11 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 11:54:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 true false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 17:31:02 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 17:32:55 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 18:38:40 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 16:14:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 13:15:02 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 13:19:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 21:07:35 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 21:11:55 -0800 2009
The book isn't really "the world," as it covers Morocco, Turkey, par...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 18:21:20 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 08:05:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 16 07:38:55 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 07:45:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jul 03 20:11:20 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 22 08:43:20 -0700 2009
I did have some of the same complaints about this book a...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=127672