The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese (Brilliance Audio on Compact Disc)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.36 (522 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1480540935 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 11 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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. 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
Storytelling at its best Kindle Customer This really is not a book about cheese. Nor is it really a travelog of Spain. Nor is it an autobiography of the author. What it IS, is an old fashioned beautifully told story, in the best tradition of story tellers, who weave the tale in their own unique way to make the story theirs, even if it is based in fact, especially if it is a re-telling of an old story. It is a printed version of an oral history, the kind of tale best told late at night, maybe curled up in front of a fire, a glass of brandyor twoat hand, a tale within a t. A Wonderful Story And Storytellers Read this if you have time this summer! A leisurely read would be great.It's not about the cheese. ( But, then again, it is. Have a hunk handy to nibble on.) It's not about the cheese maker, Ambrosio. ( But, then, it is.) It's not about Paterniti, the author. ( But, it certainly is!)It's about Castilian life. It's about an author's life and life style. It's about a friendship ( the author's and Ambrosio's) that becomes tantamount to love. ( It's also about two best friends in Guzman, Spain. Ambrosio and his boyhood friend, Julian. "I really want to like this book, BUT" according to LiddiePF. It has a potentially great story. But after slogging it out to I really want to like this book, BUT LiddiePF It has a potentially great story. But after slogging it out to 44%, I decided I just hate the writing too much to continue. Too many misplaced/misused descriptors, endless footnotes that could more simply be incorporated into storyline without being disruptive for very little purpose.Also, having made the shift from high end corporate world to simple life in the country, I just found the wow, look at me and how cool this all is, I have found that not everyone lives a crazy warp-speed life that seems to pervade this book a little . I really want to like this book, BUT LiddiePF It has a potentially great story. But after slogging it out to 44%, I decided I just hate the writing too much to continue. Too many misplaced/misused descriptors, endless footnotes that could more simply be incorporated into storyline without being disruptive for very little purpose.Also, having made the shift from high end corporate world to simple life in the country, I just found the wow, look at me and how cool this all is, I have found that not everyone lives a crazy warp-speed life that seems to pervade this book a little . %, I decided I just hate the writing too much to continue. Too many misplaced/misused descriptors, endless footnotes that could more simply be incorporated into storyline without being disruptive for very little purpose.Also, having made the shift from high end corporate world to simple life in the country, I just found the wow, look at me and how cool this all is, I have found that not everyone lives a crazy warp-speed life that seems to pervade this book a little
But don’t get too cynical (or annoyed by the sprawling footnotes) too fast, or you’ll miss the earth-stained magic of this story. --Mari Malcolm. This transportive culinary memoir will launch a thousand gastronomical pilgrimages. He even opens with this quote from Pascal: “Imagination magnifies small objects with fantastic exaggeration until they fill our soul.” But these “small objects,” en masse, do become soul-filling until Paterniti’s life-altering epiphany in a moonlit field of sunflowers seems like an essential human experience. Yes, Paterniti can be a hyperbolic virtuoso, “given to tilting the most quotidian