Seasons in Basilicata A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village

Name: Seasons in Basilicata A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village
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ISBN: 9780060531119

ISBN-10: 0060531118

ISBN-13: 9780060531119

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Authors: David Yeadon

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Award-winning travel writer and illustrator, David Yeadon embarks with his wife, Anne on an exploration of the "lost word" of Basilicata, in the arch of Italy's boot. What is intended as a brief sojourn turns into an intriguing residency in the ancient hill village of Aliano, where Carlo Levi, author of the world-renowned memoir Christ Stopped at Eboli , was imprisoned by Mussolini for anti-Fascist activities. As the Yeadons become immersed in Aliano's rich tapestry of people, traditions, and festivals, reveling in the rituals and rhythms of the grape and olive harvests, the culinary delights, and other peculiarities of place, they discover that much of the pagan strangeness that Carlo…

Book details

List price: $15.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/5/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

David Yeadon is the author of Seasons in Basilicata and the bestselling National Geographic Guide to the World's Secret Places . He has written, illustrated, and designed more than twenty books about traveling around the world. He lives with his wife, Anne, in Mohegan Lake, New York.