Garlic, Mint, and Sweet Basil: Essays on Marseilles, The Mediterranean, and Noir Fiction by Jean-Claude Izzo

Garlic, Mint, and Sweet Basil: Essays on Marseilles, The Mediterranean, and Noir Fiction

Jean-Claude Izzo

120 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction essays travel reflective fast-paced

Description

Available for the first time in English in Howard Curtis’s brilliant translation this collection of personal essays shows Izzo at his most contemplative and insightful. He writes beautifully about the city he loved, the sea to which he belonged, a...

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Moods

reflective 71%
emotional 28%
hopeful 28%
informative 28%
lighthearted 28%
inspiring 14%

Pace

medium 83%
fast 16%

Average rating

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