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The stone boudoir:

travels through the hidden villages of Sicily
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Counterpoint Press, 1 mars 2002 - 246 pages
In this sparkling book, Theresa Maggio takes us on a journey in search of Sicily's most remote and least explored mountain towns. Using her grandparents' ancestral village of Santa Margherita Belice as her base camp, she pores over old maps to plot her adventure, selecting as her targets the smallest dots with the most appealing names. Her travels take her to the small towns surrounding Mount Etna, the volcanic islands of the Aeolian Sea, and the charming villages nestled in the Madonie Mountains. Whether she's writing about the unique pleasures of Sicilian street food, the damage wrought by molten lava, the ancient traditions of Sicilian bagpipers, or the religious processions that consume entire villages for days on end, Maggio succeeds in transporting readers to a wholly unfamiliar world, where almonds grow like weeds and the water tastes of stone. In the stark but evocative prose that is her hallmark, Maggio enters the hearts and heads of Sicilians, unlocking the secrets of a tantalizinglycomplex culture.

Although she makes frequent forays to villages near and far, she always returns to Santa Margherita, where she researches her

  

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Another one I only had time to skim. But, it was a hard one to skim - I really wanted to savor it and look forward to returning to it at some point. From the title, I somehow judged it would be too ... Consulter l'avis complet

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Another weak book. Interesting subject (small hill towns of Sicily), but I don't care for her writing style. Consulter l'avis complet

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Pages sélectionnées

Table des matières

Ciolino
1
Nana and Papa
7
Roccella Valdemone
18
Prickly Pears
23
Home Sweet Stone
33
Saturday Market
37
Wash on the Line
44
The Sheep Sleep in Palaces
47
Christmas at Maletto
116
La Piovra
118
Castiglione Di Sicilia
128
My Flowers Were of Stone
136
Castello Romeo
144
Grim Reaper
149
Food is the Font of Love
156
Love on a Plate
164

The Earthquake
53
Polizzi Generosa
62
Fava Beans
75
Continuing Education
79
Zafferana Etnea
87
Borgo Catena
92
The Cycle of Bread
97
Sicilian Bagpipes
103
The Etna Line
108
Linguaglossa
113
The feast of Saint Agatha
169
Keep it like this
193
Water in the stone
202
Geraci Siculo
208
Freedom
220
Without a man
232
The Secret Spring
239
Selected Bibliography
245
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À propos de l'auteur (2002)

TERI MAGGIO is Deputy Directory of Technical Services and Outreach Coordinator for the Southwest Georgia Regional Library in Bainbridge, Georgia.

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TitreThe stone boudoir: travels through the hidden villages of Sicily
AuteurTeri Maggio
ÉditeurCounterpoint Press, 2002
ISBN0738203424, 9780738203423
Longueur246 pages
  
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