A Year In The World

The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany returns to immerse herself - and her readers - in the sights aromas and treasures of twelve new special places. A YEAR IN THE WORLD is vintage Frances Mayes - a celebration of the allure of travel of serendipitous pleasures found in unlikely places of memory woven into the present and of a joyous sense of quest. An ideal travel companion Frances Mayes brings to the page the curiosity of an intrepid explorer remarkable insights into the wonder of the everyday and a compelling narrative style that entertains as it informs. With her beloved Tuscany as a home base Mayes travels to Spain and Portugal France the British Isles and the Mediterranean world of Turkey Greece the south of Italy and North Africa. In Andaluc a she relishes the intersection of cultures. She cooks in Portugal gathers ideas in the gardens of England and Scotland takes a literary pilgrimage to Burgundy and explores the Moroccan city of Fez. Weaving together personal perceptions and informed commentary on art architecture history landscape and the social and culinary traditions of each area Mayes brings the immediacy of life in her temporary homes to the reader. An illuminating and passionate book that will be savored by all who loved UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN A YEAR IN THE WORLD is travel writing at its absolute best.