The Land Where Lemons Grow
The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit
Travellers have always been thrilled by the sight of citrus in Italy, where dark leaves and bright fruit seem to charge the landscape, making the trees symbols of a sun-soaked, poetic vision of the country. Citrus also holds a special place in the Italian imagination, and in The Land Where Lemons Grow, Helena Attlee sets out to explore its curious past and its enduring resonance in Italian culture.Building on a life of travel and work in Italy, she undertakes a journey encompassing the sticky streets of Ivrea during the Battle of Oranges, the comfortable gardens of Tuscany's villas and a magic triangle of land in Sicily, where the best blood…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-14-196786-8
- EAN: 9780141967868
- Produktnummer: 17835692
- Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'880 KB
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Helena Attlee
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