Ferenc Mate, Author . Norton $23.95 (267p) ISBN 978-0-920256-49-7
For his fiction debut, nautical and travel author Máté (The Hills of Tuscany
) introduces antihero-adventurer, S.V. Dugger, working boat salvage in the Pacific Northwest until he rescues a ketch set loose in a storm, its owner's...
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Ferenc Mate, Author . Norton $24.95 (273p) ISBN 978-0-9202-5656-5
Hungarian-Canadian author and sailor Máté (The Hills of Tuscany
) recounts in wry, candid detail how he rebuilt a Tuscan ruin into a world-class winery. Living in Tuscany with his artist wife and son while savoring the landscape, food...
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Ferenc Mate, Author Albatross Publishers $23.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-920256-38-1
Though born in Hungary, M t (A Reasonable Life) has lived in several countries; in this lighthearted memoir, he recalls the early years he and his artist wife, Candace, spent in Tuscany. The two were certain on their initial visit in 1987 that they
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Ferenc Mate, Author Albatross Publishers $17.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-920256-25-1
In this scattershot jeremiad, Mate takes on virtually all of modernity, concluding with a romantic paean to country life. A one-time city dweller who now lives in Tuscany, the author criticizes houses (``huge, unused barns''), ``the myth of the...
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Ferenc Máté, Norton, $24.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-920256-66-4
Set in 1921, Máté's rousing sequel to Ghost Sea finds Captain Dugger and his mate, Nello Cerriaci, on an odyssey from Mexico to Polynesia aboard Dugger's ketch with an odd trio of companions. Already aboard is Kate, a woman with no memories beyond...
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