Emma Tennant - Corfu Banquet- A Memoir with Seasonal Recipes (retail) (), 2014 Best Ebooks
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//-->Praise forA House in Corfu:(UK edition)‘A study in happiness and how to achieve it, this book iselegiac and sensuous in the writing’Antonia Fraser,The Sunday Telegraph‘Tennant is taking on stiff competition from the Durrellbrothers, in the form of Lawrence’sProspero’s Celland –more famously – Gerald’s magicalMy Family and OtherAnimals.Both set an absurdly high standard, so it’s good toreport that she very much holds her own … Where [she]excels … is in the evocation of place, of flowers and viewsand sunsets and huge, interminable alfresco meals …Anyone fed up with a grey and windswept England, and inneed of a dash of vicarious living, could do much worsethan spend an hour or two with her, revisiting paradiselost’Jeremy Lewis,Literary Review‘[a] rapturous, mesmerising book … catching the tumblingstyle of an Anglo-Greek votary – a sensuous Leigh Fermoror a female Durrell’Nicholas Wollaston,The Oldie‘thoughtful and fragrant with fine description … the writercaptures the essence of the island’s landscape and culturewith warmth, sincerity and wit’Nottingham Evening Post‘lovingly and vividly described … Tennant has a keen eyefor individual personalities and for the quicksilvereccentricities of the rural Greek character’The Good Book Guide‘A wonderful evocation of life and living in an idyllic houseon the still unspoilt west coast of the most beautiful Greekisland’The Daily Express‘[Emma Tennant]’s excellent on food, history and the sea’The Independent on Sunday‘[Emma Tennant] writes modestly and poetically about thearchaic and prodigal beauty of the place and the culturethat lured her family away from its chillier, more northerlynative island’Jane Schilling,The Sunday Telegraph(US edition)‘Anyone who has ever dreamed of picking up and movingto a totally new world should enjoy this book … a loving,wistful story’Phyllis Meras,Providence Journal‘Much more than a good travelogue. [Emma Tennant] hascaptured the personalities of the islanders as well as theiridiosyncratic customs – things only a person living in aculture for some time can know’Julie Hatfield,The Boston Globe‘Exercise caution when reading this book – it’s likely toinduce a serious longing to hop on the next flight to Greece’Booklist‘A delightful memoir … [Emma Tennant] eloquentlyrenders the stark beauty of the landscape, the seductive,treacherous sea, the delicious cuisine and her family’sfriendships with local residents whose customs thenewcomers came to understand and respect. This accountof an alternative lifestyle … will appeal to travelers,expatriates and their admirers’Publishers WeeklyCorfu Banqueta memoir with seasonal recipesEMMA TENNANTwith Maria Mazissummersdale [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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//-->Praise forA House in Corfu:(UK edition)‘A study in happiness and how to achieve it, this book iselegiac and sensuous in the writing’Antonia Fraser,The Sunday Telegraph‘Tennant is taking on stiff competition from the Durrellbrothers, in the form of Lawrence’sProspero’s Celland –more famously – Gerald’s magicalMy Family and OtherAnimals.Both set an absurdly high standard, so it’s good toreport that she very much holds her own … Where [she]excels … is in the evocation of place, of flowers and viewsand sunsets and huge, interminable alfresco meals …Anyone fed up with a grey and windswept England, and inneed of a dash of vicarious living, could do much worsethan spend an hour or two with her, revisiting paradiselost’Jeremy Lewis,Literary Review‘[a] rapturous, mesmerising book … catching the tumblingstyle of an Anglo-Greek votary – a sensuous Leigh Fermoror a female Durrell’Nicholas Wollaston,The Oldie‘thoughtful and fragrant with fine description … the writercaptures the essence of the island’s landscape and culturewith warmth, sincerity and wit’Nottingham Evening Post‘lovingly and vividly described … Tennant has a keen eyefor individual personalities and for the quicksilvereccentricities of the rural Greek character’The Good Book Guide‘A wonderful evocation of life and living in an idyllic houseon the still unspoilt west coast of the most beautiful Greekisland’The Daily Express‘[Emma Tennant]’s excellent on food, history and the sea’The Independent on Sunday‘[Emma Tennant] writes modestly and poetically about thearchaic and prodigal beauty of the place and the culturethat lured her family away from its chillier, more northerlynative island’Jane Schilling,The Sunday Telegraph(US edition)‘Anyone who has ever dreamed of picking up and movingto a totally new world should enjoy this book … a loving,wistful story’Phyllis Meras,Providence Journal‘Much more than a good travelogue. [Emma Tennant] hascaptured the personalities of the islanders as well as theiridiosyncratic customs – things only a person living in aculture for some time can know’Julie Hatfield,The Boston Globe‘Exercise caution when reading this book – it’s likely toinduce a serious longing to hop on the next flight to Greece’Booklist‘A delightful memoir … [Emma Tennant] eloquentlyrenders the stark beauty of the landscape, the seductive,treacherous sea, the delicious cuisine and her family’sfriendships with local residents whose customs thenewcomers came to understand and respect. This accountof an alternative lifestyle … will appeal to travelers,expatriates and their admirers’Publishers WeeklyCorfu Banqueta memoir with seasonal recipesEMMA TENNANTwith Maria Mazissummersdale [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]