On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian Journal

Mary Taylor Simeti

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Dec 8, 2010 - Travel - 352 pages

An American woman residing in Sicily for the past twenty years portrays the Sicilian landscape and customs--both rural and urban--from the perspectives of both a "foreigner" and a resident.

About the author

Mary Taylor Simeti is an American expert in Sicilian medieval and culinary history. Simeti’s book, On Persephone’s Island: A Sicilian Journal, chronicles a year on Sicily, the Mediterranean island that she called her permanent home after visiting for a year. Her other books include Pomp and Sustenance: Twenty-five Centuries of Sicilian Food, Sicilian Food: Recipes from Italy's Abundant Isle and more. She has also contributed numerous articles on Sicily to the New York Times’ travel section.

Bibliographic information

• Title: On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian Journal; Vintage Departures
• Author: Mary Taylor Simeti
• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010
• ISBN: 0307773116, 9780307773111
• Length: 352 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Travel / Essays & Travelogues; Travel / Europe / Italy