Item #1042 Seasons in Baslicata. A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village. David Yeadon.
The Hill Towns of Potenza, Matera, Aliano and Metaponto

Seasons in Baslicata. A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2004. Item #1042

8vo.  230 x 150 mm., [9 x 6 inches]. xvi, 463 pp.  Illustrated throughout by the author.  Cream colored boards, orange spine; dust jacket.  New fine copy.

First edition.  Yeadon, a writer for National Geographic, brought his narrative skills to the province of Basilicata in the south of Italy, and offers his impressions and some local history about the hill town of Aliano and its people.  He traces the traditions, festivals, folklore and religions from the days before Basilicata become unified with the rest of Italy and describes how in today's world, the customs of the area have not only survived, but became part of the modern life.

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Price: $35.00

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