LIVING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: A MEMOIR OF FOOD, WINE, AND LOVE IN ITALY

Book ID/图书代码： 06814008B25650

English Summary/英文概要： LIVING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy is about seeking a life outside of what we know; it’s about starting a new cycle; it’s about finding a new community of friends to stimulate our thinking, broaden our view and offer us fresh experiences. LIVING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE is about the seduction of Jill and Mike by Italy. Mixed in are some stories of past seductions to put the whole thing in perspective. The narrative is about buying a rustico – a 350-year-old farm worker’s cottage – in the middle of Olive country in central Umbria. It’s about how Mike and Jill find their way into the local culture; It’s about how Umbria affects them; how speaking in a foreign language literally changes their personalities. Most of all, it’s about a thirty-four-year love affair that – with its dips and slides, chutes and ladders – has become stronger, kinder, deeply more intimate, gloriously more fun.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 故事围绕着深受意大利诱惑的主人公在其中部地区——翁布里亚，购买了有350年历史的农场小屋，开始新的生活而展开。
情节穿插着对未来的美好憧憬，讲述Jill and Mike怎样融入当地文化，个性受所用外语的作用下得到改变，以及翁布里亚对其生活态度的影响。
至关重要的是，作者记载了一段长达34年的恋爱历程，谱写它如何在跌荡起伏的变化中成长得更坚定，双方关系也愈加亲密，字里行间蕴涵了丰富的趣味性。
“追求未知生活，在全新的朋友团体中，思维得到启发，开拓眼界，从而赋予新的人生经验”，这是作者要传达的主要理念，也是给读者们的心灵鼓励！(zy)

Awards/获奖情况：In this lighthearted memoir by television’s former L.A. Law star, Tucker delve graciously into the rich lifestyle, cuisine and local wine of central Italy when he and his wife, actress Jill Eikenberry, make an impromptu purchase of a 350-year-old stone cottage in the Umbrian countryside. The Tuckers break away from the Bay Area to acquaint themselves with the Rustico, their new second home. Despite speaking limited Italian, they quickly befriend their expatriate and Italian neighbors and with them set out to celebrate the regional cuisine found in local trattorias, tavernas and the aromatic kitchens of new acquaintances. Language gaffes and the occasional couple’s spat is to be expected, as the Tuckers begin to re-evaluate their lives. The simplicity and heartiness of Umbria begins to feel more like home for them, and little by little the Tuckers let go of their more career-ambitious lives in the U.S. Jill’s revitalization of her theater career in New York becomes as much of an accomplishment as her taking art classes with 16 non-English-speaking Italian housewives. Tucker simply appreciates his relationships forged with Gloria, the owner of the local orta-frutta shop and the town’s butchers. Guileless narrative intertwined with generous descriptions of Italian fare make Tucker’s food memoir and travelogue a satisfying look into the good life. (July)

About the Author/作者介绍： Michael Tucker is veteran stage and screen actor, best known for his role as Stuart Markowitz on the hit series L.A. Law.

Format:照片

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