Frances Mayes
Författare till Under Toscanas sol : ett hus i Toscana
Om författaren
A native of Georgia, Frances Mayes received a B.A. from the University of Florida and an M.A. from San Francisco State University. She is a creative writing professor at San Francisco State University. Mayes' memoir "Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy," about buying and restoring an abandoned visa mer villa in Cortona, was a national best seller in 1996. It became the basis of a feature film of the same name in 2003 starring Diane Lane. In addition her travel writing, Frances Mayes is the author of six books of poetry and is a respected essayist and gourmet cook. Frances' title Under Magnolia is a 2015 New York Times bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Serier
Verk av Frances Mayes
January 6, quarter of four 1 exemplar
Under Magnolias 1 exemplar
Three poems 1 exemplar
Sunday in Another Country by Frances Mayes 1 exemplar
Under The Tuscan Sun 2000 Diary 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
A Fork in the Road: Tales of Food, Pleasure, and Discovery on the Road (2013) — Bidragsgivare — 99 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1940-04-04
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Fitzgerald, Georgia, USA
- Bostadsorter
- Fitzgerald, Georgia, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
Cortona, Tuscany, Italy
Hillsborough, North Carolina, USA - Utbildning
- University of Florida
San Francisco State University
Randolph-Macon Woman's College - Yrken
- professor
poet
essayist
novelist - Relationer
- Mayes, Edward (husband)
- Organisationer
- San Francisco State University
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
Under the Tuscan Sun i Made into a Movie (februari 2016)
Recensioner
Under the Tuscan sun
Romance
I have enjoyed Frances Mayes's books and this was really no different--except that most of this book has been published elsewhere. And that's the kind of detail I like to know before I decide to buy a book. Now looking forward to something new by her.
I was assigned this book for a cre-writ retreat, and while I enjoyed Mayes' writing style and the premise of the book, I ended up not liking her at all! I think it was probably a lack of enough personal information (it's written in 1st person, after all) that made her seem ... flippant? I do love an heiress, and I'm kinda a snob myself, but I don't want to feel that from an author.
Not a fan of this one, so it's not becoming a part of my library! While I was a fan of Mayes, I found her 'me, me, me' style in 'A Year in the World' tiresome and leaving a lot to be desired. Yes, she provides a lot of details about her destinations. Yes, her style is still eloquent and readable. But her rather frequent whining about relatively minor or to-be-expected details of their accommodations, surroundings, etc. is tiresome and smacks of entitlement. Which she is free to express but certainly detracts from the book!… (mer)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 34
- Även av
- 6
- Medlemmar
- 12,600
- Popularitet
- #1,856
- Betyg
- 3.5
- Recensioner
- 281
- ISBN
- 262
- Språk
- 15
- Favoritmärkt
- 17
