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Loading... Summer in the Islands: An Italian Odysseyby Matthew Fort
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Imagine spending a carefree summer in the Italian sun, beachcombing, eating and drinking with abandon, and drifting without restraint from island to island, from port to port. Here is the record of Matthew Fort doing just that--hopping between the Aeolian Islands, something he hadn't done since his early twenties. Traveling by Vespa and by ferry, Fort tours the islands at his leisure. He takes us to Elba, where Napoleon was once imprisoned; to Salina, famous for its capers, just as Pantelleria is famous for its dessert wine; to Pianosa, where dangerous Mafia bosses were kept and which Joseph Heller used as the setting for Catch-22; to Capri, where Maxim Gorky ran a school for revolutionaries which was visited by Lenin and Stalin, to all of Italy's 52 islands which he has never written about before. With 30 years of experience as a food critic, travel writer, and adventurer, Fort is an excellent guide through the culinary and cultural history he encounters during his summer in the islands. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)914.5811History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in Europe Italy, San Marino, Vatican City, Malta Sicily and adjacent islands; Malta Eastern SicilyRatingAverage:
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