Stolen Figs And Other Adventures in Calabria

Name: Stolen Figs And Other Adventures in Calabria
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ISBN: 9780865476967

ISBN-10: 0865476969

ISBN-13: 9780865476967

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Authors: Mark Rotella

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Calabria is the toe of the boot that is Italy -- a rugged peninsula where grapevines and fig and olive trees cling to the mountainsides during scorching summers. Calabria is also a seedbed of Italian-American culture; in North America, more people of Italian heritage trace their roots to Calabria than to almost any other region in Italy. Mark Rotella's Stolen Figs -- named a Best Travel Book of 2003 by Condeacute; Nast Traveler -- is a marvelous evocation of Calabria. A grandson of Calabrese immigrants, Rotella persuades his father to visit the region for the first time in thirty years; once there, he meets Giuseppe, a postcard photographer who becomes his guide. As they travel around the…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 5/1/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Mark Rotella is the author ofStolen Figs and Other Adventures in Calabria(NPP, 2003). A senior reviews editor atPublishers Weekly, he lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife and their two children.




Gimigliano


The Road to Gimigliano


La Storia Della Calabria


Ritorno Alla Calabria


An Old Tale


Homecoming


The Bread of Life


Palm Sunday


A Medieval Village


A View From Home



North to the Edge of the World


Mattia Preti's Village


The Land of Tufo


As Simple As a Panino


Easter Preparations in Ciro


Stolen Figs


The Tin Man


The Lost City of Sibari


The Keeper of the Sanctuary


The Albanian Passion Play


Limoncello At Giuseppe's



Gimigliano


Good Friday


The Silk Weavers


Pasqua


Pasquetta in Sila


La Madonna Di Porto


La Strada Dei Due Mari: Maida and Tiriolo


The Potters of Squillace


Catanzaro


Gimigliano According to Masino



A Journey South


Cosenza


The Perfect Shot


When Centuries Collide


Reggio Di Calabria


Garibaldi, Musolino, and Tony Bennett


Where They Speak Greek


Traveling At Night Through Rows of Olive Trees


Catanzaro


My Grandmother's Story



Gimigliano


An Italian-American


Calabria, Full Circle


Limoncello with Giuseppe


La Festa Della Madonna Di Porto


Bibliography


Acknowledgments