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Marble, Joan

 
9780385604772: Notes From A Roman Terrace [Idioma Inglés]
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ISBN 10: 0385604777 ISBN 13: 9780385604772
Editorial: Doubleday, 2003

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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.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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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.

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For over 40 years, Boston born journalist Joan Marble has lived with her husband in a 16th century palazzo apartment in Rome. Notes from a Roman Terrace, her enchanting memoir, is the result of a lifetime of mingling with the natives and cultivating her beloved rooftop garden. Highly personal and brimming with anecdote, history, and insight, it ranges from gardening concerns including the difficulties of rooftop irrigation and the Darwinian theory of earthworms to informed views on everyday life in the city: of partying, politics, and popes, and dealing with those friends of friends who seem to land so regularly in Rome without accommodations. Imbued with a special feel for history and human observation, and scattered with serious gardening tips, this intimate record of Marble s adopted home will enchant armchair travelers and gardeners alike.|travel memoir of contemporary life in Rome, by the author of the well-loved Notes from an Italian Garden.

Joan Marble has lived in a sixteenth-century Roman palazzo apartment with husband Robert, a sculptor, for over forty years. A lifetime of mingling with the citizens of Rome and pottering about on her beloved terrace above the city rooftops has resulted in this warm and witty book.

Highly personal and brimming with 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, and an authoritative view of famous Italian Gardens. Woven into her gardening tales are her informed views on everyday life in the city; of partying, politics and popes; of bicycle thieves and cat-catchers, and how to deal with those friends-of-friends who arrive so regul

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Editorial
Doubleday
Año de publicación
2003
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0385604777
ISBN 13 
9780385604772
Encuadernación
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Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
304
Contacto del fabricante
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