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When the journey began we didn't expect to buy a derelict "torretta" and a 10 acre olive farm in the Gargano, Puglia. My wife's father "escaped" from the village and lifestyle of Vico del Gargano. Each year he would return with his family for August and later, we too visited Vico each summer. For my wife in particular Vico always felt like home. She seemed to have a subliminal bond, perhaps acquired when she was brought to Vico as a baby and left in the care of her grandmother. We instinctively wanted to move to the area, but due to the remoteness, the dialect and strong family reaction we were deterred from doing so. Nonetheless, we continued to harbour dreams of the spur of Italy, its beautiful rugged coastline, its mountainous forested interior, its people, dialect and traditions that gave the impression that civilisation had simply passed the region by. One day the opportunity arose for us to escape the UK and we embarked on a long journey that would change our lives forever ...
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'll start of by saying that I live in Italy with my Italian wife and have done for many years, so I have a great deal of empathy for the McEwan family. This book is most definitely one that anyone with even a vague wish to visit Italy should buy. It gives an excellent feel for life in Italy - not only from an ExPat standpoint, but also from an Italian coming home position. It is a wonderful book to read if you are going to live in Italy as well, full of extraordinarily helpful hints and historical snippets of a lifestyle that is rapidly vanishing. The story of the collection of bread for baking by the local baker was wonderful - and very informative as well. Excellent, real life reporting, with great detail, of the problems of getting an artesian well dug locally as well, justifying the book alone - although there are many other such pieces of information lying in the book (now we know how to harvest olives as well, thank you Ian!).
All in all, a good book. It is not a whinging pom "look how difficult life is" type of book, but a really enjoyable to read volume that also contains nuggets of invaluable information to help those that would be helped. Great book! Buy one!
All in all, a good book. It is not a whinging pom "look how difficult life is" type of book, but a really enjoyable to read volume that also contains nuggets of invaluable information to help those that would be helped. Great book! Buy one!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed reading this book. It is wonderfully evocative of a part of Italy which is almost unknown. It certainly makes me want to go there. The trials and tribulations of making an entirely new start in life, in a part of the world where the customs, food, language and beaurocracy are quite alien, are brought to life in colourful detail. Ian has a wry sense of humour which shines throughout the book. Buy it read it you won't regret it.
John - an Englishman who would like to visit Gargano
John - an Englishman who would like to visit Gargano
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having abandoned their careers, their friends and their home in the UK, 'Pan' e Pomodor' is the no-nonsense and compelling story of a couple who decide to start out on a quest to find a new home and a new life.
After some amusing encounters and multiple disappointments to-ing and fro-ing between Switzerland and France, just when the search seemed all but doomed, Vico del Gargano beckons, like a forgotten old friend knocking on the door, out of the blue.
Far flung and way off their original brief, Vico, a small hilltop town in Northern Puglia, slowly starts to work its rugged charm; a charm unique to this community and to the abandoned wreck of a house they both fall in love with. A charm that helps the author deal with the more mind-boggling misadventures between gasps of country air, gulps of wine and hunks of wonderful, crusty bread dripping with the 'sugo' of fresh tomatoes and exquisite virgin olive oil.
This is not the Italy of travel journals or Tuscany chic.
Nor is it just the tale of a place in the sun.
This is an Italy almost unheard of...
Get a glass of wine, make yourself comfortable, and let Ian McEwan introduce to the characters and the challenges that he meets along the way.
After some amusing encounters and multiple disappointments to-ing and fro-ing between Switzerland and France, just when the search seemed all but doomed, Vico del Gargano beckons, like a forgotten old friend knocking on the door, out of the blue.
Far flung and way off their original brief, Vico, a small hilltop town in Northern Puglia, slowly starts to work its rugged charm; a charm unique to this community and to the abandoned wreck of a house they both fall in love with. A charm that helps the author deal with the more mind-boggling misadventures between gasps of country air, gulps of wine and hunks of wonderful, crusty bread dripping with the 'sugo' of fresh tomatoes and exquisite virgin olive oil.
This is not the Italy of travel journals or Tuscany chic.
Nor is it just the tale of a place in the sun.
This is an Italy almost unheard of...
Get a glass of wine, make yourself comfortable, and let Ian McEwan introduce to the characters and the challenges that he meets along the way.
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... ooh, would I like to visit again! But moving there lock, stock and barrel? No, thank you - to many stamps required. Puglia is a beautiful area and its people are very friendly. Read more
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I couldn't agree more about the spelling - it's not enough just to use the spell check. My favourite was 'sceptic' tank! Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2009 by Amy Lambkin
Interesting
A remarkable book that gives a whole new perspective to the Italian culture. The book gives very human accounts of life in rural Italy. it makes one want to eat up the atmosphere
Published on 10 Oct 2008 by Lucy
"Easy passage to Puglia"
You actually feel little for the author and his wife. There is no sense of real adventure or challenge in what they are doing. Her family lives in Vico. She speaks Italian. Read more
Published on 21 July 2008 by Mr. M. Wyse
Wish I was there!
This is a gorgeous book beautifully written by someone who has really 'lived the dream' and continues to do so. I loved reading it and was sad when it ended. Read more
Published on 9 Jun 2008 by Mrs. P. Hetherington
the good life.. bread and tomatoes,
Bread and Tomatoes...the good life...A story about two people who were either very ignorant or very brave.. Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2008 by T
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