The Telling Room
Subtitle A Tale of Passion, Revenge and the World's Finest Cheese
By Michael Paterniti
Published by
Canongate Books
ISBN 9781782112778
Winter 2013
Synopsis
In 2000, Michael Paterniti arrived in the picturesque Spanish village of Guzmán in search of a mystical cheese. In the ancient ‘telling room’, the cheese’s maker Ambrosio spoke of a terrible betrayal. Paterniti relocated his young family to Guzmán and was soon sucked into the heart of an unfolding mystery.
Author's Biography
Michael Paterniti is a journalist and has been nominated eight times for the National Magazine Award. One of his stories was chosen for True Stories: A Century of Literary Nonfiction. He is also the author of the New York Times bestselling book Driving Mr Albert.
He lives in Portland, Oregon.
He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Reviews
‘Paterniti is one of the most expansive and joyful writers around - big-hearted and humane and funny. This book is a wild and amazing ride’ George Saunders, author of TENTH OF DECEMBER
‘Captures the true essence of happiness - but what's more, it captures the fact that food is always central, always present in our memories’ - FERRAN ADRIA, chef, El Bulli
‘Paterniti has proved here that if you love something enough, and pay a passionate-enough attention to it, the whole world can become present in it’ - John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of PULPHEAD
‘A gorgeous and impassioned monument to the art and mystery of storytelling. It is rich, funny, humane, devastating, and beautiful... Paterniti is a genius’ - Elizabeth Gilbert, author of EAT, PRAY, LOVE
‘Elegant, strange, funny, and insightful… a marvelous tale and a joyful read, a trip into a world peopled by some of the most remarkable characters’ - Susan Orlean, author of THE ORCHARD THIEF
‘An amazing achievement. The Telling Room is an inspired, masterly epic that expands and refigures the parameters of the storyteller's art’ – Wells Tower, author of EVERYTHING RAVAGED, EVERYTHING BURNED
‘Few writers can write about the taste of food with Paterniti's vibrancy and precision’ – Esquire
‘Paterniti immerses you in an immersion-friendly milieu of sun-baked highland plateaus, argumentative village rustics and beguiling old ways... There's no resisting the infectious writerly glee’ - New York Times
‘Rich and shaggy, full of Castilian-size detours, it is a travelogue, food adventure, and personal memoir rolled into one hugely likable book’ - The Boston Globe;
‘Paterniti dives deeply into Spain's political history, the pleasures of craft, and the motives and methods of storytelling itself’ - Harper's
‘Unforgettable... a must-read for all who think of Spain as magical, who consider cheese as the ultimate gift of love, who love stories of betrayal’ - The Wall Street Journal
‘Time often seems suspended, facts and fables merge and diverge, and memory melts… a book with multiple themes and digressions, each woven expertly into the others' - Chicago Tribune
‘If you love food and love reading about food, you can't do better than this beautiful, passionate book’ - Marcus Samuelsson, author of Yes, Chef
‘As delicious as it is gripping. We food lovers are lucky to count him as one of our own’ Adam Rapoport, editor in chief, Bon Appétit
‘The Telling Room delivers a wealth of insights about Spain, food, friendship and the art of writing’ Washington Post
Price:£12.99
‘Captures the true essence of happiness - but what's more, it captures the fact that food is always central, always present in our memories’ - FERRAN ADRIA, chef, El Bulli
‘Paterniti has proved here that if you love something enough, and pay a passionate-enough attention to it, the whole world can become present in it’ - John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of PULPHEAD
‘A gorgeous and impassioned monument to the art and mystery of storytelling. It is rich, funny, humane, devastating, and beautiful... Paterniti is a genius’ - Elizabeth Gilbert, author of EAT, PRAY, LOVE
‘Elegant, strange, funny, and insightful… a marvelous tale and a joyful read, a trip into a world peopled by some of the most remarkable characters’ - Susan Orlean, author of THE ORCHARD THIEF
‘An amazing achievement. The Telling Room is an inspired, masterly epic that expands and refigures the parameters of the storyteller's art’ – Wells Tower, author of EVERYTHING RAVAGED, EVERYTHING BURNED
‘Few writers can write about the taste of food with Paterniti's vibrancy and precision’ – Esquire
‘Paterniti immerses you in an immersion-friendly milieu of sun-baked highland plateaus, argumentative village rustics and beguiling old ways... There's no resisting the infectious writerly glee’ - New York Times
‘Rich and shaggy, full of Castilian-size detours, it is a travelogue, food adventure, and personal memoir rolled into one hugely likable book’ - The Boston Globe;
‘Paterniti dives deeply into Spain's political history, the pleasures of craft, and the motives and methods of storytelling itself’ - Harper's
‘Unforgettable... a must-read for all who think of Spain as magical, who consider cheese as the ultimate gift of love, who love stories of betrayal’ - The Wall Street Journal
‘Time often seems suspended, facts and fables merge and diverge, and memory melts… a book with multiple themes and digressions, each woven expertly into the others' - Chicago Tribune
‘If you love food and love reading about food, you can't do better than this beautiful, passionate book’ - Marcus Samuelsson, author of Yes, Chef
‘As delicious as it is gripping. We food lovers are lucky to count him as one of our own’ Adam Rapoport, editor in chief, Bon Appétit
‘The Telling Room delivers a wealth of insights about Spain, food, friendship and the art of writing’ Washington Post
Price:£12.99