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The Wisdom of Tuscany: Simplicity, Security & the Good Life - Making the Tuscan Lifestyle Your Own (The Tuscan Trilogy #3)
by
Ferenc Máté (Goodreads Author)
This sun-drenched land has become synonymous with the ideal life. But it didn t happen by chance. Since the Etruscans, the independence-loving Tuscans have treated their breathtaking countryside with sagacious respect and built hamlets and hill towns in which they perfected a culture of simplicity, beauty, neighborliness, good food, and love of daily life. Ferenc M t has l...more
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published
November 1st 2009
by Albatross Publishers
(first published 2009)
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While it's a fun, easy read, Mate is way too general in his writing focusing only on the positive aspects of Tuscan life. I suppose one needs to read this book with a grain of salt and in the right mood for this type of book: you need to be in the mood to daydream about life in Tuscany vs actually thinking about moving there. Normally I'd give this 3 stars because I'm all for daydreaming about the good life in another place, but I found Mate's writing to be too random and scattered. This book co...more
Really disappointing after how much I enjoyed his other Tuscany books which explored his life in Tuscany, first the move there, and then busing the wine farm.
While I can agree with many of the views in this book, I felt as if I was sitting through a lecture about how shallow my life was. Not all of us are in a position to uproot everything and move to the country!
While I can agree with many of the views in this book, I felt as if I was sitting through a lecture about how shallow my life was. Not all of us are in a position to uproot everything and move to the country!
Right after reading The Hills of Tuscany I immediately read this book... it was a bit more analytical & thoughtful inquiry to what they found. Very different from the initial shock of moving there, but after living there 20 years how they compare it and have learned. Several interesting elements, but left me wishing he wrote from more of a personal perspective & included his wife's viewpoint & experience.
If you are ever feeling like you need to escape the daily rat race read this book! It will make you want to pack your bags and move to Tuscany!
A wonderful read. The book is written with a rhythm and texture that is simply mesmerizing. Reminded me to make the most of every single day. Life is joy.
Ah, the good life. Charming because of the insights and the way it is written, not only because of the subject matter.
Mate does it again! His enthusiasm for Tuscany is always inspiring, even if his comparison of Tuscan values to those of 21st century North America is perhaps a bit simplistic (and perhaps a bit optimistic on the Tuscan side.) Nonetheless, this good life is something worth aspiring to, although one would prefer to do so in Tuscany or thereabouts, aided by good food, abundant wine and olive oil .
Entertaining with great recipes at the end. I nice addition to his other books.
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Ferenc Máté has made a career of out documenting his own quests—whether it’s restoring a Tuscan ruin, building a vineyard from scratch, or sailing the seven seas.
Born in Transylvania, he escaped at age eleven when the Hungarian revolution was crushed by Soviet tanks. He grew up in Vancouver and has lived in California, Paris, Rome, the Bahamas and New York. He has worked on a railroad extra-gang a...more
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Born in Transylvania, he escaped at age eleven when the Hungarian revolution was crushed by Soviet tanks. He grew up in Vancouver and has lived in California, Paris, Rome, the Bahamas and New York. He has worked on a railroad extra-gang a...more
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