![]() Lovers of Mayes will no doubt adore A Year in the World, but the collected essays are unlikely to attract any new readers.Ī Year in the World is based on a weak concept and executed with minimal editing. ![]() But if Tuscany is her brand, then Frances Mayes’ most recent literary product, A Year in the World, is the franchise: the same formula exercised in new locations, with mildly diluted quality. Chasing the wild popularity of her first memoir, Under the Tuscan Sun (1997), with an additional memoir ( Bella Tuscany, 2000) a book of essays ( In Tuscany, 2000) and a coffee table book ( Bringing Tuscany Home, 2004), the former professor of creative writing has cultivated an enthusiastic following of vicarious bon vivants. Over the last decade, Frances Mayes has taken the pastoral central Italian region of Tuscany, and made it a brand. ![]()
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