South of Somewhere Audiobook By Robert V. Camuto cover art

South of Somewhere

Wine, Food, and the Soul of Italy (At Table)

Preview

Try for $0.00
Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

South of Somewhere

By: Robert V. Camuto
Narrated by: Alan Reinhardt
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $19.95

Buy for $19.95

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

About this listen

New York Times Best Wine Book of 2021. South of Somewhere begins and ends in Robert Camuto’s maternal ancestral town of Vico Equense, Italy—a tiny paradise south of Naples on the Sorrento Peninsula. It was here in 1968, at 10-years-old, that the author first tasted Italian life.

Fifty years later, Camuto returns to Vico, connecting with family members and a new generation. A lot has changed: The old family restaurant has been razed and the seaside has been developed with hotels and restaurants, including a famous two-Michelin-starred restaurant in a medieval tower now owned by a younger cousin. Though there are more foreign visitors, the essentials of beauty, food, family bonds, and simplicity have not changed.

Camuto’s fine-grained storytelling in this series of portraits takes us beyond the usual objective views of viniculture nto the elusive and magical world of Italian “South-ness.” While on one level able to create an instructive narrative about Southern Italy’s 21st-century wine and cultural renaissance, Camuto’s unswerving eye juxtaposes the good and the bad—immeasurable beauty and persistent blight, anti-mafia forces and corruption, hope for the future and fatalism—in a land that remains an infinite source of fascination and sensory pleasure.

The book is published by University of Nebraska Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.

"His best yet, a razor-sharp evocation of the people, places and points-of-view that captures both the fatalism so often encountered in southern Italy." (New York Times)

"A delicious pre-pandemic travelogue through southern Italy in South of Somewhere." (Washington Post)

"A delicious, thirst-inspiring romp full of remarkable personalities, their wine-soaked cellars, and one delectable meal after another. Camuto does it tastefully!” (Kermit Lynch, wineconoclast, author, and importer)

©2021 Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (P)2022 Redwood Audiobooks
Biographies & Memoirs Europe Food & Wine Western Europe Wine Italy Restaurant
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

What listeners say about South of Somewhere

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Must Love Wine - or Not

The first thing I noticed after listening to the introduction was that the narrator had an easy going voice.
He also had an upbeat way of explaining what the book was about. Although I’m not a big wine drinker his enthusiasm made me want to listen. We’ll, I’m glad I did. Let me explain why.
The author’s journey was about the wine makers and their beloved land. His description of the different vineyards and the families who devoted themselves to the various ways of making their own unique wines was most interesting.
When I read or listen to a book it is with the intention of learning something new. South of Somewhere did not disappoint.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!