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.

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, Garlic, Mint, & Sweet Basil, and one collection of short stories, Living Tires. He died in 2000 at the age of fifty-five.

• Jul 31 2015
  Today’s Zaman: “This evocative and passionate collection of essays from the French crime writer is a paean to the life, cities and food of the Mediterranean.”
  
• May 26 2013
  Woody Haut's Blog: "These are all lyrical pieces that allow Izzo to speak from the heart about the state of his beloved city..."
  
• May 10 2013
  The Guardian: "This evocative new collection of essays...is a paean to the life, cities and food of the Mediterranean."
  
• Apr 12 2013
  The Paris Review: "[Izzo] distill[s] a part of the world into just a few pages."
  
• Apr 3 2013
  The Complete Review: "A fine little love-letter to Marseilles and the Mediterranean region around it."