Sally Gable
Auteur van Palladian Days: Finding a New Life in a Venetian Country House
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- Gangbare naam
- Gable, Sally
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- Gable, Sarah Bogle
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- 1939
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- Gable, Carl I. (spouse)
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SeriousGrace | 4 andere besprekingen | Feb 3, 2014 | A well-written account of life in a centuries old Venetian country house. An American couple somewhat impulsively falls in love with this elegant structure, buys it and proceeds to live there during the temperate parts of the year (no central heating or cooling). We're taken into the history of the construction, the people who lived there and the famous architect who built it. We are taken into the small town which surrounds the home and experience the interesting interaction between these implanted Americans and the local folks. Much time is spent on descriptions of food and some recipes are included. The best part is stories of the workmen who come to keep the home functioning. The Gables are good writers interlacing their humorous stories with background material and keeping the book moving with short chapters and minimum erudite descriptions. They have the personalities and skills to integrate well with the town and with the intellectuals who take an interest in their home. If you liked A Year in Provence, you will like this, too.… (meer)
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seoulful | 4 andere besprekingen | Mar 14, 2012 | This review is for the abridged CD version. This is a rather scattershot memoir of the trials and triumphs of life in a Veneto villa designed by Palladio. Narrated by the author, it has bits of information about the nearby residents, the history of the original owner and his descendants, the villa’s history, Venetian art, family life, maintenance of a national treasure, and assorted other topics. To me, it never described any of these very well, though it had a few good moments. Diverting enough to listen to in the car, but I retained few lasting memories.… (meer)
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wdwilson3 | 4 andere besprekingen | Dec 16, 2011 | Three comments about this work, which I like. First, it is a cleanly written testament to the ability of ample resources (time, focus, commitment, money) to make significant contributions to the physical and social fabric of the cultural continuum. Second, it is just as much a romance as anything a Broadway composer ever saluted, save that the romance is not between boy and girl but between a high-energy American couple very much of our times (Sally and Carl Gable of Atlanta, Georgia) and a Palladian villa whose needs make it vulnerable and whose historic beauty makes it irresistible (Villa Cornaro in Piombino Dese, the Veneto). Third, the “voice” of the book does not succumb to the usual traps of attempting to be either too academic for the purpose or too sentimental for the intellectual comfort of the uninvolved.
Rather, this is a straightforward, clear-eyed account of the relationship between the Gables and the villa and what each has brought to the other in the almost two decades since Sally first read the fateful ad in the New York Times. One of the most appealing aspects of the book is the way in which it presents the citizenry of Piombino Dese, not as eccentrics with lovable or irritating idiosyncrasies (as is so often the approach in such works), but as real people attempting to retain connections and customs that matter to them even as they inevitably bridge old socioeconomic patterns and new.
This is, in short, not a book for those looking for a cozy account of “ooh, sweet couple buy really nifty house and live happily ever after (although they appear to have done so).” Nor will it appeal to those seeking a professionally comprehensive history of Palladio, Palladian houses, the Veneto, and modern-day Italian politics. For those, however, who see important architecture as the embodiment in concrete form of the spirit of civilization past and its preservation and adaptive use as a test of civilization present, this book is a fascinating read, as much for what it leaves between the lines as for what went upon the printed page.… (meer)
Rather, this is a straightforward, clear-eyed account of the relationship between the Gables and the villa and what each has brought to the other in the almost two decades since Sally first read the fateful ad in the New York Times. One of the most appealing aspects of the book is the way in which it presents the citizenry of Piombino Dese, not as eccentrics with lovable or irritating idiosyncrasies (as is so often the approach in such works), but as real people attempting to retain connections and customs that matter to them even as they inevitably bridge old socioeconomic patterns and new.
This is, in short, not a book for those looking for a cozy account of “ooh, sweet couple buy really nifty house and live happily ever after (although they appear to have done so).” Nor will it appeal to those seeking a professionally comprehensive history of Palladio, Palladian houses, the Veneto, and modern-day Italian politics. For those, however, who see important architecture as the embodiment in concrete form of the spirit of civilization past and its preservation and adaptive use as a test of civilization present, this book is a fascinating read, as much for what it leaves between the lines as for what went upon the printed page.… (meer)
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BasilBlue | 4 andere besprekingen | Oct 22, 2008 | Statistieken
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As an aside, I borrowed both the audio version and the print version. I recommend doing both because you will miss out on something if you do only one. Kathe Mazur's reading of Palladian Days is brilliant. I loved her accent. But, the book version includes great photographs that really bring the entire villa into perspective (it really is massive!). And don't forget about those recipes!… (meer)