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Paperback of "On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian Journal" by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, showing a cover with a scenic island view.
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Paperback of "On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian Journal" by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, showing a cover with a scenic island view.

On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian Journal

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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$16.95

Description

An American woman residing in Sicily for the past twenty years portrays the Sicilian landscape and customs--both rural and urban--from the perspectives of both a "foreigner" and a resident.

Author: Mary Taylor Simeti
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 09/26/1995
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.08h x 5.29w x 0.76d
ISBN13: 9780679764144
ISBN10: 0679764143
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Italy
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
- Travel | Europe | Italy

About the Author
Mary Taylor Simeti is an American expert in Sicilian medieval and culinary history. Simeti's book, On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian Journal, chronicles a year on Sicily, the Mediterranean island that she called her permanent home after visiting for a year. Her other books include Pomp and Sustenance: Twenty-five Centuries of Sicilian Food, Sicilian Food: Recipes from Italy's Abundant Isle and more. She has also contributed numerous articles on Sicily to the New York Times' travel section.