Garlic, Mint, & Sweet Basil by Jean-Claude Izzo

Garlic, Mint, & Sweet Basil by Jean-Claude Izzo

From the father of the Mediterranean Noir genre.

A short sublime book on the three things dearest to Jean-Claude Izzo's heart: his native Marseilles, the sea in all its splendor, and Mediterranean noir--the literary genre his books helped to found. This collection of writings shows Izzo, author of the acclaimed Marseilles trilogy, at his most contemplative and insightful. His native city, with its food, its flavors, its passioante inhabitants, and its long, long history of commerce and conviviality, constitute the lifeblood that runs through all of Izzo's work.

Reminiscent of Henry Miller's The Colossus of Maroussi and the lyrical essays of Antoine de Saint-Exupery and Albert Camus, as uplifting and touching as Daniel Klein's Travels with Epicurus, this slender volume will appeal equally to gourmets who delight in the strong flavors of Mediterranean cuisine, to those travelling on the Riviera (or arm-chair travelers who wish they could), and, naturally, to aficionados of noir fiction.

Jean-Claude Izzo was born in the city of Marseilles in the year 1945. Izzo is the author of The Lost Sailors and A Sun for the Dying, as well as the Marseilles trilogy (Complete Chaos, Chourmo, and Solea). Izzo is largely regarded as the father of the modern Mediterranean noir genre. At the age of 55, he died in the year 2000.

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ISBN 13	9781609451158
ISBN 10	1609451155
Title	Garlic, Mint, & Sweet Basil
Author	Jean-Claude Izzo
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Europa Editions
Year published	2013-05-09
Number of pages	120
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