THE TELLING ROOM-Love, Betrayal, & World\'s Greatest Piece of Cheese-1st HC w/DJ
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THE TELLING ROOM-Love, Betrayal, & World\'s Greatest Piece of Cheese-1st HC w/DJ:
$5.99
Hi! You\'re looking atan excellent condition book which is a fascainting story of the Castile region of Spain by author MICHAEL PATERNITI--the book is a STATED FIRST EDITION andFIRST PRINTING and a HARDCOVER with the ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET and is NOT a remainder copy and NOT price-clipped, with the original $27.00 price in the upper corner of the front inner flap.This book is in excellent condition and the cover has just light shelfwear and a slight scuff on the bottom edge of the back surface; the book has light browsing wear and light shelfwear and a small ding on the upper right corner of the back surface of the jacket, and no other significant imperfections! The book is titled The Telling Room: A Tale of Love,Betrayal, Revenge, & TheWorld\'sGreatest Piece of Cheeseand it was written by MICHAEL PATERNITI; it was published byThe Dial Press in 2013 and is a STATED 1st EDITION and 1st PRINTING with a publication line reading 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1.
In the picturesque village of Guzmán, 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 Guzmán 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.
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THE TELLING ROOM-Love, Betrayal, & World\'s Greatest Piece of Cheese-1st HC w/DJ:
$5.99