Seasons in Basilicata: A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village

Award-winning travel writer and illustrator, David Yeadon embarks with his wife, Anne on an exploration of the "lost word" of Basilicata, in the arch of Italy's boot. What is intended as a brief sojourn turns into an intriguing residency in the ancient hill village of Aliano, where Carlo Levi, author of the world-renowned memoir Christ Stopped at Eboli, was imprisoned by Mussolini for anti-Fascist activities. As the Yeadons become immersed in Aliano's rich tapestry of people, traditions, and festivals, reveling in the rituals and rhythms of the grape and olive harvests, the culinary delights, and other peculiarities of place, they discover that much of the pagan strangeness that Carlo Levi and other notable authors revealed still lurks beneath the beguiling surface of Basilicata.

Author: David Yeadon
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 07/05/2005
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.28w x 1.15d
ISBN: 9780060531119

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 07/24/2005 pg. 24

About the Author
Yeadon, David: -

David Yeadon is the author of Seasons in Basilicata and the bestselling National Geographic Guide to the World's Secret Places. He has written, illustrated, and designed more than twenty books about traveling around the world. He lives with his wife, Anne, in Mohegan Lake, New York.