Description
Il mortaio e il tempo – Five generations beneath the Apuan Alps
Il mortaio e il tempo is the true story of a family that, beneath the Apuan Alps, turned an ancient trade into a legacy spanning five generations. It begins in a cold workshop, amid the scent of spices ground in the marble mortar, and grows together with the men and women who shaped it with their hands, their toil and their love.
From the quarries of the late nineteenth century to the Great War, from the freezing nights of pork butchering to the Saturday deliveries, up to the popular festivals of the Pefana: the book weaves together memory, local history and real life, and paints an authentic portrait of Montignoso and its people.
A narrating voice guides the reader through a century and a half of events: the childhood of Adolfo, an orphan raised by an uncle who was a pork butcher; the double life of Vittorio, Olivetti factory worker and master of the pig; the quiet strength of the women who held the family together.
Why read it
- To discover a family story that becomes a shared story.
- To step into a workshop that smells of tradition, sacrifice and beauty.
- To rediscover an Italy that no longer exists but still lives on in the gestures handed down.
A gift idea
Add it to your basket together with charcuterie or one of our boxes: it arrives in the same parcel. For anyone who loves Tuscany and workshop stories, it's the gift that goes with the charcuterie board.
Details: paperback · 77 pages · 14 × 21.6 cm · Italian language · ISBN 979-8170162598.
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The family's story is also told on the page From 1883 to today.
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