Dario Castagno, Robert Rodi

Too Much Tuscan Sun (eBook, ePUB)

Confessions of a Chianti Tour Guide

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Over the past several years, "the American in Tuscany" has become a literary subgenre. Launched by the phenomenal success of Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun, bookstores now burgeon with nimble, witty accounts of this clash in cultures-Americans trying to do American things in Italy and bumping against a brick wall of tradition.

Too Much Tuscan Sun is Dario's, a Tuscan guide whose client base is predominantly American, account of some of his more remarkable customers, from the obsessive and the oblivious to the downright lunatic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780762751617
• Artikelnr.: 67848446

Autorenporträt

Dario Castagno was born in England to Italian parents and moved with his family to Tuscany when he was ten. Through his company, Chianti Rooster Tours, he has guided small groups of visitors--mostly Americans--to his favorite spots in the Chianti region for more than ten years. This is his first book. Perhaps his proudest accomplishment, however, is claiming membership in Siena's Caterpillar contrada, which won the Palio in 2003.

Inhaltsangabe

(1) Ringraziamenti (2) Introduction: Americans through Tuscan Eyes (3)
Discovering Chianti (4) January and the Athletes (5) Chianti and "Chianti"
(6) February and the Honeymooners (7) Cradle of Genius (8) March and the
Oenophile (9) Fosco's House (10) April and the Know-it-alls (11) Love Among
the Ruins (12) May and the Collector (13) Intervallo: The Dutch (14) The
Black Rooster (15) The First Excursion (16) July and the Palio (17) Us
versus Them (18) August and the Lovers (19) Intervallo: The American
Caterpillar (20) Playing Offense (21) September and the Timekeeper (22)
Strangers in a Strange Land (23) October and the Coach Tour (24)
Intervallo: Death and Life in America (25) November and the Devoted Mother
(26) All About Babs (27) December with the College Student (28) The Tour
That Wasn't (29) Intervallo: From the Other Side of the Van (30)
Conclusion: La Macia