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Available for the first time in English in Howard Curtis’s brilliant translation, this collection of personal essays shows Izzo at his most contemplative and insightful. He writes beautifully about the city he loved, the sea to which he belonged, and the literary movement that made him famous.
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Jean-Claude Izzo
Jean-Claude Izzo was born in Marseilles, France in 1945. Best known for the Marseilles trilogy (Total Chaos, Chourmo, Solea), Izzo is also the author of The Lost Sailors, A Sun for the Dying, and one collection of short stories, Living Tires. Izzo is widely credited with being the founder of the modern Mediterranean noir novel. He died in 2000 at the age of fifty-five.
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Reviews for Garlic, Mint, & Sweet Basil
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5These are beautiful shorts, tales of love, food and connections. His love for the city Marseille is written so beautifully I felt like I was there enjoying it with him. His love of food, had me drooling. Why wasn’t there any recipes? I wish travel guides were written so emotionally.I’ve never read his work before but enjoyed his background stories on his noir writings. This is not something I normally read, but I thoroughly enjoyed this little trip down memory lane with Jean-Claude Izzo