Adam Schell
Autore di Tomato Rhapsody: A Fable of Love, Lust & Forbidden Fruit
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Fonte dell'immagine: Photo at book signing
Opere di Adam Schell
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Schell, Adam
- Data di nascita
- 1970-04-27
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, USA
- Istruzione
- Antioch University (MA|Creative Writing)
Northwestern University (MA|Creative Writing) - Attività lavorative
- football player (inside linebacker)
film-maker
screenwriter
director
professional cook
grape picker (mostra tutto 9)
food critic
yoga teacher
writer - Breve biografia
- Adam Schell holds a master’s degree in creative writing from Antioch University. He played inside linebacker at Northwestern University, has made two award-winning short films, worked as a screenwriter, directed commercials, cooked professionally, picked grapes and olives in Tuscany, got fired as a food critic, then moved to the left coast with his wife, where he works as a yoga teacher and writer.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 1
- Utenti
- 217
- Popolarità
- #102,846
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 25
- ISBN
- 3
- Preferito da
- 1
The story plays out much like a Shakespearean comedy which comes to a climax at the Feast of the Drunken Saint donkey race. Throughout the story, there is a puzzlement about the tomato. Although many uses of the raw fruit are described, they do not know how to successfully cook the tomato and have yet to discover the wonders of tomato sauce.
High in humor and high-jinx, the reader roots for the young lovers to find happiness and for tomato sauce to be discovered. Tomato Rhapsody was an unusual, clever and engaging story that also manages to shine a light on the oppression of Jews during the Renaissance. The story is both earthy and bawdy and an altogether delightful read.… (altro)