The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese
Autor Michael Paternitien Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 mai 2014
Vezi toate premiile Carte premiată
Indies Choice Book Awards (2014)
Găsim în această carte o invitație adresată atât cititorului curios, cât și celui care caută o profunzime narativă ce depășește granițele unui simplu jurnal de călătorie. Accesibilă prin stilul său cald și antrenant, The Telling Room nu necesită cunoștințe prealabile despre cultura spaniolă, ci doar o deschidere către farmecul povestirii orale. Putem afirma că Michael Paterniti reușește să transforme o curiozitate gastronomică despre „cea mai bună brânză din lume” într-o explorare complexă a naturii umane.
Premisa este pe cât de simplă, pe atât de fascinantă: în satul Guzmán, într-o încăpere săpată în stâncă, un producător de brânză depănă o istorie plină de misticism. Totuși, ceea ce începe ca o celebrare a stilului de viață „slow food”, în spiritul tradițiilor rurale, se transformă rapid într-o dramă intensă. Fanii volumului Stories to Read at Night de Paco Martín vor recunoaște aceeași atenție la detaliul rural și la atmosfera specifică satului spaniol, aplicată aici unui context de non-ficțiune literară unde granița dintre realitate și legendă devine fluidă.
Merită menționat că Paterniti își păstrează apetitul pentru subiecte excentrice, o trăsătură pe care am admirat-o și în Driving Mr. Albert. Dacă în lucrarea anterioară urmăream o călătorie bizară cu creierul lui Einstein, aici suntem martorii unei imersiuni totale în codul de onoare castilian. Structura cărții este fluidă, alternând între momente de observație fină și tensiunea unui roman polițist, pe măsură ce autorul descoperă că sub suprafața idilică a satului pulsează vechi resentimente și trădări. Este o experiență de lectură care celebrează puterea poveștilor de a ne defini existența.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780385337014
ISBN-10: 0385337019
Pagini: 349
Dimensiuni: 140 x 208 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Dial Press
Colecția Dial Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0385337019
Pagini: 349
Dimensiuni: 140 x 208 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Dial Press
Colecția Dial Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States
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De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte celor care vor să descopere Spania dincolo de clișeele turistice. Este o lectură esențială pentru pasionații de gastronomie, istorie și antropologie socială, oferind un echilibru rar între analiza culturală și suspansul unui mister real. Cititorul câștigă nu doar o poveste memorabilă despre pasiune și trădare, ci și o reflecție profundă asupra modului în care comunitățile își păstrează identitatea prin viu grai.
Despre autor
Michael Paterniti este un autor de succes, renumit pentru bestsellerul Driving Mr. Albert, o relatare neconvențională a unei călătorii prin America. Jurnalist de carieră, a contribuit la publicații prestigioase precum National Geographic, Esquire și GQ. Recunoscut pentru stilul său narativ distinct, Paterniti a fost nominalizat de opt ori la National Magazine Award. Interesul său pentru puterea poveștilor se reflectă și în activitatea sa civică, fiind co-fondatorul unui centru de storytelling pentru copii în Portland, Maine, unde locuiește alături de familia sa.
Recenzii
Advance praise for "The Telling Room"
"Elegant, strange, funny, and insightful, "The Telling Room" is a marvelous tale and a joyful read, a trip into a world peopled by some of the most remarkable characters--and, yes, cheese--in memory."--Susan Orlean, author of "The Orchid Thief"
"The list of writers I would read even if they were to write about a piece of cheese has always been short, but it includes Michael Paterniti. He has proved here that if you love something enough and pay a passionate enough attention to it, the whole world can become present in it. That's true of both the cheese and the book."--John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of "Pulphead"
" "
"An amazing achievement, "The Telling Room" is an inspired, masterly epic that expands and refigures the parameters of the storyteller's art."--Wells Tower, author of "Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned"
" "
"A gorgeous and impassioned monument to the art and mystery of storytelling, "The Telling Room" is rich, funny, humane, devastating, and beautiful. It made me want to applaud, it made me want to cry, it made me want to move to Spain. Michael Paterniti is a genius."--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of "Eat, Pray, Love"
"Michael Paterniti is one of the best living practitioners of the art of literary journalism, able to fully elucidate and humanize the everyday and the epic. In his hands, every subject, every moment of personal or global upheaval, is treated with the same curiosity, respect, empathy, and clear-eyed wisdom."--Dave Eggers, author of "A Hologram for the King"
"[The] best book of narrative nonfiction I've read in ages."--Michael Pollan
"Rich and shaggy, full of Castilian-size detours, ["The Telling Room"] is a travelogue, food adventure, and personal memoir rolled into one hugely likable book. . . . Paterniti proves that the hardest quarry as a journalist is not the extraordinary, but the everyday."--"The Boston Globe"
" "
"Breathtakingly cinematic . . . reads like Bill Buford's "Heat, " conveying the passions of both author and subject, but with David Foster Wallace's gift for digression."--"The Tampa Bay Times"
" "
"Paterniti dives deeply into Spain's political history, the pleasures of craft, and the motives and methods of storytelling itself."--"Harper's"
" "
"Unforgettable . . . a must-read for all who think of Spain as magical, who consider cheese as the ultimate gift of love, who love stories of betrayal, despair, revenge and redemption."--Steven Jenkins, author of "Cheese Primer, The Wall Street Journal"
"Few writers can write about the taste of food with Paterniti's vibrancy and precision. . . . [He] is a master of finding and telling great stories (the finding, for most writers, often being as difficult as the telling) that appear to be about something small, such as cheese, but are actually about something far larger--in this case, the whole of human existence. . . . As much as "The Telling Room" is about a Spaniard's quest to create a cheese that embodies all the love and pain and joy he's ever known, it's also the story of a writer's quest to channel that obsession into the perfect story."--"Esquire"
"For my money, Paterniti is one of the most expansive and joyful writers around--big-hearted and humane and funny. This book is a wild and amazing ride."--George Saunders, author of "Tenth of December"
"Elegant, strange, funny, and insightful, "The Telling Room" is a marvelous tale and a joyful read, a trip into a world peopled by some of the most remarkable char
""The Telling Room" embodies the spirit of slow food and life."--Michael Pollan
"Elegant, strange, funny, and insightful, "The Telling Room" is a marvelous tale and a joyful read, a trip into a world peopled by some of the most remarkable characters--and, yes, cheese--in memory."--Susan Orlean, author of "The Orchid Thief"
"By the time you hit the tenth page of "The Telling Room, " you realize you're in the hands of a storyteller so masterful, emotionally subtle, and smooth that you're willing to follow him anywhere, even into a cave. And you will."--"The Daily Beast"
" "
"Unforgettable . . . a must-read for all who think of Spain as magical, who consider cheese as the ultimate gift of love, who love stories of betrayal, despair, revenge and redemption.""--The Wall Street Journal"
" "
"Rich and shaggy, full of Castilian-size detours . . . one hugely likable book."--"The Boston Globe"
"Exquisite . . . [a] gripping tale. [Grade: ] A""--Entertainment Weekly"
" "
"Captivating . . . Paterniti's writing sings."--NPR
" "
"Breathtakingly cinematic . . . reads like Bill Buford's "Heat, " conveying the passions of both author and subject, but with David Foster Wallace's gift for digression."--"The Tampa Bay Times"
" "
"Paterniti dives deeply into Spain's political history, the pleasures of craft, and the motives and methods of storytelling itself."--"Harper's"
"Few writers can write about the taste of food with Paterniti's vibrancy and precision. . . . [He] is a master of finding and telling great stories (the finding, for most writers, often being as difficult as the telling) that appear to be about something small, such as cheese, but are actually about something far larger--in this case, the whole of human existence. . . . As much as "The Telling Room" is about a Spaniard's quest to create a cheese that embodies all the love and pain and joy he's ever known, it's also the story of a writer's quest to chan
"Captivating . . . Paterniti's writing sings, whether he's talking about how food activates memory, or the joys of watching his children grow."--NPR
"A gorgeous and impassioned monument to the art and mystery of storytelling, "The Telling Room" is rich, funny, humane, devastating, and beautiful. It made me want to applaud, it made me want to cry, it made me want to move to Spain. Michael Paterniti is a genius."--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of "Eat, Pray, Love"
"Unforgettable . . . a must-read for all who think of Spain as magical, who consider cheese as the ultimate gift of love, who love stories of betrayal, despair, revenge and redemption.""--The Wall Street Journal"
""The Telling Room" embodies the spirit of slow food and life."--Michael Pollan
"Elegant, strange, funny, and insightful, "The Telling Room" is a marvelous tale and a joyful read, a trip into a world peopled by some of the most remarkable characters--and, yes, cheese--in memory."--Susan Orlean, author of "The Orchid Thief"
"By the time you hit the tenth page of "The Telling Room, " you realize you're in the hands of a storyteller so masterful, emotionally subtle, and smooth that you're willing to follow him anywhere, even into a cave. And you will."--"The Daily Beast"
" "
"Rich and shaggy, full of Castilian-size detours . . . one hugely likable book."--"The Boston Globe"
"Exquisite . . . [a] gripping tale. [Grade: ] A""--Entertainment Weekly"
" "
"Breathtakingly cinematic . . . reads like Bill Buford's "Heat, " conveying the passions of both author and subject, but with David Foster Wallace's gift for digression."--"The Tampa Bay Times"
" "
"Paterniti dives deeply into Spain's political history, the pleasures of craft, and the motives and methods of storytelling itself."--"Harper's"
"Few writers can write about the taste of food with Paterniti's vibrancy and precision. . . . [He] is a master of finding and telling great stories (the finding, for most writers, often being as difficult as the telling) that appear to be about something small, such as cheese, but are actually about something far larger--in this case, the whole of human existence. . . . As much as "The Telling Room" is about a Spaniard's quest to create a cheese that embodies all the love and pain and joy he's ever known, it's also the story of a writer's quest to channel that obsession into the perfect story."--"Esquire"
"For my money, Paterniti is one of the most expansive and joyful writers around--big-hearted and humane and funny. This book is a wild and amazing ride."--George Saunders, author of "Tenth of December"
"The list of writers I would read even if they were to write about a piece of cheese has always been short, but it includes Michael Paterniti. He has proved here that if you love something enough and pay a passionate enough attention to it, the whole world can become present in it. That's true of both the cheese and the book."--John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of "Pulphead"
" "
"An amazing achievement, "The Telling Room" is an inspired, masterly epic that expands and refigures the parameters of the storyteller's art."--Wells Tower, author of "Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned"
"Michael Paterniti is one of the best living practitioners of the art of literary journalism, able to fully elucidate and humanize the everyday and the epic. In his hands, every subject, every moment of personal or global upheaval, is treated with the same curiosity, respect, empathy, and clear-eyed wisdom."--Dave Eggers, author of "A Hologram for the King" "From the Hardcover edition."
"Elegant, strange, funny, and insightful, "The Telling Room" is a marvelous tale and a joyful read, a trip into a world peopled by some of the most remarkable characters--and, yes, cheese--in memory."--Susan Orlean, author of "The Orchid Thief"
"The list of writers I would read even if they were to write about a piece of cheese has always been short, but it includes Michael Paterniti. He has proved here that if you love something enough and pay a passionate enough attention to it, the whole world can become present in it. That's true of both the cheese and the book."--John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of "Pulphead"
" "
"An amazing achievement, "The Telling Room" is an inspired, masterly epic that expands and refigures the parameters of the storyteller's art."--Wells Tower, author of "Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned"
" "
"A gorgeous and impassioned monument to the art and mystery of storytelling, "The Telling Room" is rich, funny, humane, devastating, and beautiful. It made me want to applaud, it made me want to cry, it made me want to move to Spain. Michael Paterniti is a genius."--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of "Eat, Pray, Love"
"Michael Paterniti is one of the best living practitioners of the art of literary journalism, able to fully elucidate and humanize the everyday and the epic. In his hands, every subject, every moment of personal or global upheaval, is treated with the same curiosity, respect, empathy, and clear-eyed wisdom."--Dave Eggers, author of "A Hologram for the King"
"[The] best book of narrative nonfiction I've read in ages."--Michael Pollan
"Rich and shaggy, full of Castilian-size detours, ["The Telling Room"] is a travelogue, food adventure, and personal memoir rolled into one hugely likable book. . . . Paterniti proves that the hardest quarry as a journalist is not the extraordinary, but the everyday."--"The Boston Globe"
" "
"Breathtakingly cinematic . . . reads like Bill Buford's "Heat, " conveying the passions of both author and subject, but with David Foster Wallace's gift for digression."--"The Tampa Bay Times"
" "
"Paterniti dives deeply into Spain's political history, the pleasures of craft, and the motives and methods of storytelling itself."--"Harper's"
" "
"Unforgettable . . . a must-read for all who think of Spain as magical, who consider cheese as the ultimate gift of love, who love stories of betrayal, despair, revenge and redemption."--Steven Jenkins, author of "Cheese Primer, The Wall Street Journal"
"Few writers can write about the taste of food with Paterniti's vibrancy and precision. . . . [He] is a master of finding and telling great stories (the finding, for most writers, often being as difficult as the telling) that appear to be about something small, such as cheese, but are actually about something far larger--in this case, the whole of human existence. . . . As much as "The Telling Room" is about a Spaniard's quest to create a cheese that embodies all the love and pain and joy he's ever known, it's also the story of a writer's quest to channel that obsession into the perfect story."--"Esquire"
"For my money, Paterniti is one of the most expansive and joyful writers around--big-hearted and humane and funny. This book is a wild and amazing ride."--George Saunders, author of "Tenth of December"
"Elegant, strange, funny, and insightful, "The Telling Room" is a marvelous tale and a joyful read, a trip into a world peopled by some of the most remarkable char
""The Telling Room" embodies the spirit of slow food and life."--Michael Pollan
"Elegant, strange, funny, and insightful, "The Telling Room" is a marvelous tale and a joyful read, a trip into a world peopled by some of the most remarkable characters--and, yes, cheese--in memory."--Susan Orlean, author of "The Orchid Thief"
"By the time you hit the tenth page of "The Telling Room, " you realize you're in the hands of a storyteller so masterful, emotionally subtle, and smooth that you're willing to follow him anywhere, even into a cave. And you will."--"The Daily Beast"
" "
"Unforgettable . . . a must-read for all who think of Spain as magical, who consider cheese as the ultimate gift of love, who love stories of betrayal, despair, revenge and redemption.""--The Wall Street Journal"
" "
"Rich and shaggy, full of Castilian-size detours . . . one hugely likable book."--"The Boston Globe"
"Exquisite . . . [a] gripping tale. [Grade: ] A""--Entertainment Weekly"
" "
"Captivating . . . Paterniti's writing sings."--NPR
" "
"Breathtakingly cinematic . . . reads like Bill Buford's "Heat, " conveying the passions of both author and subject, but with David Foster Wallace's gift for digression."--"The Tampa Bay Times"
" "
"Paterniti dives deeply into Spain's political history, the pleasures of craft, and the motives and methods of storytelling itself."--"Harper's"
"Few writers can write about the taste of food with Paterniti's vibrancy and precision. . . . [He] is a master of finding and telling great stories (the finding, for most writers, often being as difficult as the telling) that appear to be about something small, such as cheese, but are actually about something far larger--in this case, the whole of human existence. . . . As much as "The Telling Room" is about a Spaniard's quest to create a cheese that embodies all the love and pain and joy he's ever known, it's also the story of a writer's quest to chan
"Captivating . . . Paterniti's writing sings, whether he's talking about how food activates memory, or the joys of watching his children grow."--NPR
"A gorgeous and impassioned monument to the art and mystery of storytelling, "The Telling Room" is rich, funny, humane, devastating, and beautiful. It made me want to applaud, it made me want to cry, it made me want to move to Spain. Michael Paterniti is a genius."--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of "Eat, Pray, Love"
"Unforgettable . . . a must-read for all who think of Spain as magical, who consider cheese as the ultimate gift of love, who love stories of betrayal, despair, revenge and redemption.""--The Wall Street Journal"
""The Telling Room" embodies the spirit of slow food and life."--Michael Pollan
"Elegant, strange, funny, and insightful, "The Telling Room" is a marvelous tale and a joyful read, a trip into a world peopled by some of the most remarkable characters--and, yes, cheese--in memory."--Susan Orlean, author of "The Orchid Thief"
"By the time you hit the tenth page of "The Telling Room, " you realize you're in the hands of a storyteller so masterful, emotionally subtle, and smooth that you're willing to follow him anywhere, even into a cave. And you will."--"The Daily Beast"
" "
"Rich and shaggy, full of Castilian-size detours . . . one hugely likable book."--"The Boston Globe"
"Exquisite . . . [a] gripping tale. [Grade: ] A""--Entertainment Weekly"
" "
"Breathtakingly cinematic . . . reads like Bill Buford's "Heat, " conveying the passions of both author and subject, but with David Foster Wallace's gift for digression."--"The Tampa Bay Times"
" "
"Paterniti dives deeply into Spain's political history, the pleasures of craft, and the motives and methods of storytelling itself."--"Harper's"
"Few writers can write about the taste of food with Paterniti's vibrancy and precision. . . . [He] is a master of finding and telling great stories (the finding, for most writers, often being as difficult as the telling) that appear to be about something small, such as cheese, but are actually about something far larger--in this case, the whole of human existence. . . . As much as "The Telling Room" is about a Spaniard's quest to create a cheese that embodies all the love and pain and joy he's ever known, it's also the story of a writer's quest to channel that obsession into the perfect story."--"Esquire"
"For my money, Paterniti is one of the most expansive and joyful writers around--big-hearted and humane and funny. This book is a wild and amazing ride."--George Saunders, author of "Tenth of December"
"The list of writers I would read even if they were to write about a piece of cheese has always been short, but it includes Michael Paterniti. He has proved here that if you love something enough and pay a passionate enough attention to it, the whole world can become present in it. That's true of both the cheese and the book."--John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of "Pulphead"
" "
"An amazing achievement, "The Telling Room" is an inspired, masterly epic that expands and refigures the parameters of the storyteller's art."--Wells Tower, author of "Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned"
"Michael Paterniti is one of the best living practitioners of the art of literary journalism, able to fully elucidate and humanize the everyday and the epic. In his hands, every subject, every moment of personal or global upheaval, is treated with the same curiosity, respect, empathy, and clear-eyed wisdom."--Dave Eggers, author of "A Hologram for the King" "From the Hardcover edition."
Notă biografică
Michael Paterniti is the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain." His writing has appeared in many publications, including "The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Harper's, Outside, Esquire, "and "GQ, "where he works as a correspondent. Paterniti has been nominated eight times for the National Magazine Award, and is the recipient of a NEA grant and two MacDowell Fellowships. He is the co-founder of a children's storytelling center in Portland, Maine, where he lives with his wife and their three children. "From the Hardcover edition."
Descriere
"NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER
NAME ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
NPR - "Entertainment Weekly - Kirkus Reviews - The Christian Science Monitor"
In the picturesque village of Guzman, Spain, in a cave dug into a hillside on the edge of town, an ancient door leads to a cramped limestone chamber known as "the telling room." Containing nothing but a wooden table and two benches, this is where villagers have gathered for centuries to share their stories and secrets--usually accompanied by copious amounts of wine.
It was here, in the summer of 2000, that Michael Paterniti found himself listening to a larger-than-life Spanish cheesemaker named Ambrosio Molinos de las Heras as he spun an odd and compelling tale about a piece of cheese. An unusual piece of cheese. Made from an old family recipe, Ambrosio's cheese was reputed to be among the finest in the world, and was said to hold mystical qualities. Eating it, some claimed, conjured long-lost memories. But then, Ambrosio said, things had gone horribly wrong. . . .
By the time the two men exited the telling room that evening, Paterniti was hooked. Soon he was fully embroiled in village life, relocating his young family to Guzman in order to chase the truth about this cheese and explore the fairy tale-like place where the villagers conversed with farm animals, lived by an ancient Castilian code of honor, and made their wine and food by hand, from the grapes growing on a nearby hill and the flocks of sheep floating over the Meseta.
What Paterniti ultimately discovers there in the highlands of Castile is nothing like the idyllic slow-food fable he first imagined. Instead, he's sucked into the heart of an unfolding mystery, a blood feud that includes accusations of betrayal and theft, death threats, and a murder plot. As the village begins to spill its long-held secrets, Paterniti finds himself implicated in the very story he is writing.
Equal parts mystery and memoir, travelogue and history, "The Telling Room "is an astonishing work of literary nonfiction by one of our most accomplished storytellers. A moving exploration of happiness, friendship, and betrayal, "The Telling Room" introduces us to Ambrosio Molinos de las Heras, an unforgettable real-life literary hero, while also holding a mirror up to the world, fully alive to the power of stories that define and sustain us.
Praise for "The Telling Room"
"Captivating . . . Paterniti's writing sings, whether he's talking about how food activates memory, or the joys of watching his children grow."--NPR
"A gorgeous and impassioned monument to the art and mystery of storytelling, "The Telling Room" is rich, funny, humane, devastating, and beautiful. It made me want to applaud, it made me want to cry, it made me want to move to Spain. Michael Paterniti is a genius."--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of "Eat, Pray, Love"
"Unforgettable . . . a must-read for all who think of Spain as magical, who consider cheese as the ultimate gift of love, who love stories of betrayal, despair, revenge and redemption.""--The Wall Street Journal"
""The Telling Room" embodies the spirit of slow food and life."--Michael Pollan
"Elegant, strange, funny, and insightful, "The Telling Room" is a marvelous tale and a joyful read, a trip into a world peopled by some of the most remarkable characters--and, yes, cheese--in memory."--Susan Orlean, author of "The Orchid Thief""
" "From the Hardcover edition."
NAME ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
NPR - "Entertainment Weekly - Kirkus Reviews - The Christian Science Monitor"
In the picturesque village of Guzman, Spain, in a cave dug into a hillside on the edge of town, an ancient door leads to a cramped limestone chamber known as "the telling room." Containing nothing but a wooden table and two benches, this is where villagers have gathered for centuries to share their stories and secrets--usually accompanied by copious amounts of wine.
It was here, in the summer of 2000, that Michael Paterniti found himself listening to a larger-than-life Spanish cheesemaker named Ambrosio Molinos de las Heras as he spun an odd and compelling tale about a piece of cheese. An unusual piece of cheese. Made from an old family recipe, Ambrosio's cheese was reputed to be among the finest in the world, and was said to hold mystical qualities. Eating it, some claimed, conjured long-lost memories. But then, Ambrosio said, things had gone horribly wrong. . . .
By the time the two men exited the telling room that evening, Paterniti was hooked. Soon he was fully embroiled in village life, relocating his young family to Guzman in order to chase the truth about this cheese and explore the fairy tale-like place where the villagers conversed with farm animals, lived by an ancient Castilian code of honor, and made their wine and food by hand, from the grapes growing on a nearby hill and the flocks of sheep floating over the Meseta.
What Paterniti ultimately discovers there in the highlands of Castile is nothing like the idyllic slow-food fable he first imagined. Instead, he's sucked into the heart of an unfolding mystery, a blood feud that includes accusations of betrayal and theft, death threats, and a murder plot. As the village begins to spill its long-held secrets, Paterniti finds himself implicated in the very story he is writing.
Equal parts mystery and memoir, travelogue and history, "The Telling Room "is an astonishing work of literary nonfiction by one of our most accomplished storytellers. A moving exploration of happiness, friendship, and betrayal, "The Telling Room" introduces us to Ambrosio Molinos de las Heras, an unforgettable real-life literary hero, while also holding a mirror up to the world, fully alive to the power of stories that define and sustain us.
Praise for "The Telling Room"
"Captivating . . . Paterniti's writing sings, whether he's talking about how food activates memory, or the joys of watching his children grow."--NPR
"A gorgeous and impassioned monument to the art and mystery of storytelling, "The Telling Room" is rich, funny, humane, devastating, and beautiful. It made me want to applaud, it made me want to cry, it made me want to move to Spain. Michael Paterniti is a genius."--Elizabeth Gilbert, author of "Eat, Pray, Love"
"Unforgettable . . . a must-read for all who think of Spain as magical, who consider cheese as the ultimate gift of love, who love stories of betrayal, despair, revenge and redemption.""--The Wall Street Journal"
""The Telling Room" embodies the spirit of slow food and life."--Michael Pollan
"Elegant, strange, funny, and insightful, "The Telling Room" is a marvelous tale and a joyful read, a trip into a world peopled by some of the most remarkable characters--and, yes, cheese--in memory."--Susan Orlean, author of "The Orchid Thief""
" "From the Hardcover edition."
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- Indies Choice Book Awards Honor Book, 2014