Advance Praise for Tomato Rhapsody
“It takes a lot of confidence to encroach on Shakespearean territory, but Schell displays sufficient moxie in this delectable debut. The lush Tuscan countryside is the predictable yet appropriate setting of his sixteenth-century romp through a multitude of humorous scenarios involving both forbidden love and the introduction of the tomato into the heart, soul, and stomach of the Italian populace glide 이미지. At the core of the novel is a deceptively simple boy-meets-girl plot featuring a lovelorn Jewish tomato farmer and the beautiful Catholic daughter of a devious olive magnate e PageSafer download. Of course, anyone who knows their Shakespeare knows that the course of true love never runs smoothly, and Schell displays the finesse of a master chef as he spices up the story with a delicious array of humorous subplots?ranging from the bawdy to the sweet?guaranteed to appeal to discerning literary palates.”
–Booklist
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–Leonard Chang, author of Crossings
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–Rene Loux, author of The Balanced Plate, Easy Green Living, and Living Cuisine
“An astonishing debut! Adam Schell touches places inside us that we didn’t know we had.”
–Alan Bradley, author of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie