内容简介
Award-winningtravelwriterandillustrator,DavidYeadonembarkswithhiswife,Anneonanexplorationofthe"lostword"ofBasilicata,inthearchofItaly'sboot.WhatisintendedasabriefsojournturnsintoanintriguingresidencyintheancienthillvillageofAliano,whereCarloLevi,authoroftheworld-renownedmemoirChristStoppedatEboli,wasimprisonedbyMussoliniforanti-Fascistactivities.AstheYeadonsbecomeimmersedinAliano'srichtapestryofpeople,traditions,andfestivals,revelingintheritualsandrhythmsofthegrapeandoliveharvests,theculinarydelights,andotherpeculiaritiesofplace,theydiscoverthatmuchofthepaganstrangenessthatCarloLeviandothernotableauthorsrevealedstilllurksbeneaththebeguilingsurfaceofBasilicata.