When the Mountains Dance by Christine Toomey
A memoir set in rural Italy, and a journey through history about a series of earthquakes that devastated the region
A brilliant memoir -- Mariella Frostrup
An optimistic, airy book with high cultural referencesFrom the drama of the earthquake, from that dancing of the mountains, from those territories damaged but not vanquished, Christine shows us all of them -- Adolfo Leoni * Il Resto Del Carlino *
A beautifully written, many-layered and poetic book . . . As well as a description of an existential disaster, this is also a meditation on the fragility of the human state and mind and life itself. Brilliant! There is deep meditation here -- Adam Williams, author of THE BOOK OF THE ALCHEMIST
Engaging and contemplative -- Caroline Moorehead * TLS *
An optimistic, airy book with high cultural referencesFrom the drama of the earthquake, from that dancing of the mountains, from those territories damaged but not vanquished, Christine shows us all of them -- Adolfo Leoni * Il Resto Del Carlino *
A beautifully written, many-layered and poetic book . . . As well as a description of an existential disaster, this is also a meditation on the fragility of the human state and mind and life itself. Brilliant! There is deep meditation here -- Adam Williams, author of THE BOOK OF THE ALCHEMIST
Engaging and contemplative -- Caroline Moorehead * TLS *
Christine Toomey is an award-winning journalist and author who covered foreign affairs for the Sunday Times for more than twenty years. She has reported from over sixty countries worldwide and has been based as a correspondent in Mexico City, Paris and Berlin. Her journalism has been syndicated globally and she has twice won Amnesty International's Magazine Story of the Year.
Christine lives in London with her daughter, escaping when possible to the long abandoned hill-top home she spent years renovating in Le Marche, Italy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781474614634 |
| ISBN 10 | 1474614639 |
| Title | When the Mountains Dance |
| Author | Christine Toomey |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2023-03-30 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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