Reading for the Road: A Few of Our Favourite Books About Piemonte
At The Slow Road we answer to many names (wanderers, bon vivants, students of life) but first and foremost, we’re a group of dedicated travellers.
That’s why we love compiling reading lists that include those books—from novels to memoirs, and everything in between—that have really opened up our favourite regions.
In this post we’ll round up a few of our favourite books about Piemonte, the birthplace of Slow Food and one of Italy’s most sumptuous regions.
Must-Read Books About Piemonte
Autumn In Piemonte: Food And Travels In Italy’s Northwest
By Manuela Darling-Gansser
Photographs by Simon Griffiths
A lavishly illustrated culinary portrait of Italy’s most productive agricultural region, from countryside trattorias to opulent Turin cafés.
A Private Affair
By Beppe Fenoglio
Posthumously published in Italy in 1963, and now translated into English for the very first time, Beppe Fenoglio’s World War II novel A Private Affair is regarded as one of the greatest works of 20th-century Italian literature.
Labor of Love: Wine Family Women of Piemonte
By Suzanne Hoffman
Labor of Love is a groundbreaking book about the women and their families behind the wine estates of one of the world’s greatest viticultural regions.
Italy, A Traveler’s Literary Companion
By Lawrence Venuti
Not just a literary companion, this anthology is also a who’s who of contemporary Italian writers that captures the spirit, history and allure of the country.
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