The Wisdom of Tuscany: Simplicity, Security, and the Good Life

Máté, Ferenc

ISBN 10: 0920256686 / ISBN 13: 9780920256688

Published by Albatross, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Wisdom of Tuscany: Simplicity, Security, and the Good Life
• Publisher: Albatross
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0920256686
• ISBN 13: 9780920256688
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

With our world so storm-tossed and rudderless, this might just be the book for our times.

Sun-drenched Tuscany is synonymous with the ideal life. But it didn't happen by chance. Since the Etruscans, the Tuscans have treated their breathtaking countryside with sagacious respect and, in hamlets and hill towns, have built a culture of simplicity, beauty, neighborliness, good food, and a love of daily life.

Ferenc Máté, a Tuscan resident for twenty years, explores this idyllic existence. He finds Tuscans brimming with creative practicality, down-home humor, and relentless optimism. Blended with their passion for work and independence, they have achieved a haven of economic stability, physical and emotional security, and a fortifying sense of belonging.

From their organic gardens to their mouthwatering cuisine, from high-quality, craftsmen-made products and family-run businesses to the joys centered in human contact, Tuscans live a healthy, emotionally rich life. Máté―engaging, funny, and insightful―shows us how to live like Tuscans.

About the Author

FERENC MATE was born in Hungary, escaped at the age of eleven, and has lived in Budapest, Vienna, Vancouver, Laguna Beach, New York, Paris and Rome. He is the author of 15 books translated into 14 languages, including New York Times Notable Book A Vineyard in Tuscany and the Dugger/Nello historical sea adventure fiction series. He lives with his family tending their vines and olives in the hills of Tuscany.