Notes From A Roman Terrace
Doubleday (Verlag)
978-0-385-60477-2 (ISBN)
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Joan Marble has lived in a 16th century Roman Palazzo apartment with husband Robert, a sculptor, for 30 years. A lifetime of integrating with the Romans and gardening on her beloved terrace above the roof tops has resulted in this memoir. Highly personal and containing anecdote, history, and insight, Joan's experience of Rome and Romans is infected by her contagious fascination for plants, a hobby she shares every week with The Women's Gardening Club of Rome. She includes an insider's view of Italian fellow gardening obsessives, a tale of bicycle thieves, and an authoritative view of famous Italian Gardens. We also hear the curious history of her ancient apartment off the Piazza Borghese, and meet some eccentric neighbours. Tales abound of the expat community, and the illustrious writers and aristocrats with whom the author, as a journalist, keeps company. At the same time, Joan infuses her memoir with an affection for her plants, and scatters tips and personal stories of how to keep her fickle plants alive.
Joan Marble is a journalist and writer whose passion for politics has yielded in recent years to her even greater passion for nature and a beady eye for human observation. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Joan Marble began as a political correspondent for the United Press International. Her strident voice and opinions are everywhere evident in her special talent for memoir and travel writing. She and her husband divide their time between Rome, Canale and London.
Part 1 Panem - bread: the sounds of Rome; moving day for the Cook family; settling in; a terrace is born; walking Henry to school; a bad year for bicycle thieves; the backpack set; La Portiera; skeletons under our terrace. Part 2 Friends and flower people: Eugene and the post-war revival; the late flowering of Ninfa; unusual lady gardeners; Sandra, the beautiful cat-catcher; gentlemen gardeners; nature notes after a long summer. Part 3 Circenses - circuses: a visit from Betty Friedan; how a game becomes a circus; our Borghese pope; the tax office shuffle; Antonio di Pietro - the rise and fall of a good man; Gabby the Gabbiano's aerial circus; our jubilee terrace under attack; envoi.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.6.2003 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 420 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa |
| ISBN-10 | 0-385-60477-7 / 0385604777 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-385-60477-2 / 9780385604772 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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