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The telling room : a tale of love, betrayal, revenge, and the world's greatest piece of cheese / Michael Paterniti.

by Paterniti, Michael.

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Dial Press, 2013.

Paterniti, Michael -- Travel -- Spain -- Guzmán.

Cheesemakers -- Spain -- Guzmán -- Biography.

Cheesemaking -- Spain -- Guzmán -- History.

Guzmán (Spain) -- Description and travel.

Spain, Northern -- Description and travel.

Spain -- Description and travel.

Spain -- Social life and customs.

9780385337007 (hc.)

0385337000 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Tale of love, betrayal, revenge, and the world's greatest piece of cheese

Love, betrayal, revenge, and the world's greatest piece of cheese

Betrayal, revenge, and the world's greatest piece of cheese

xii, 349 pages : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In Burgos province, the historic capital region of Castile in Northern Spain, in the picturesque village of Guzmán, in a cave dug into a hillside on the edge of town, an ancient door leads to a cramped limestone chamber known as "the telling room." Containing nothing but a wooden table and two benches, this is where villagers have gathered for centuries to share their stories and secrets--usually accompanied by copious amounts of wine. It was here, in the summer of 2000, that Michael Paterniti found himself listening to a larger-than-life Spanish cheesemaker named Ambrosio Molinos de las Heras as he spun an odd and compelling tale about a piece of cheese. An unusual piece of cheese. Made from an old family recipe, Ambrosio's cheese was reputed to be among the finest in the world, and was said to hold mystical qualities. Eating it, some claimed, conjured long-lost memories. By the time the two men exited the telling room that evening, Paterniti was hooked. Soon he was fully embroiled in village life, relocating his young family to Guzmán in order to chase the truth about this cheese and explore the fairy tale-like place where the villagers conversed with farm animals, lived by an ancient Castilian code of honor, and made their wine and food by hand, from the grapes growing on a nearby hill and the flocks of sheep floating over the Meseta. What Paterniti ultimately discovers there in the highlands of Castile is nothing like the idyllic slow-food fable he first imagined. Instead, he's sucked into the heart of an unfolding mystery, a blood feud that includes accusations of betrayal and theft, death threats, and a murder plot. As the village begins to spill its long-held secrets, Paterniti finds himself implicated in the very story he is writing. Equal parts mystery and memoir, travelogue and history, The Telling Room is an astonishing work of literary nonfiction by one of our most accomplished storytellers"--Provided by publisher.

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