War in Val d'Orcia
An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944
Published on 7. August 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-68137-266-2 (ISBN)
Description
"At the height of the Second World War, Italy was being torn apart by German armies, civil war, and the eventual Allied invasion. In a corner of Tuscany, one woman--born in England, married to an Italian--kept a record of daily life in a country at war. Iris Origo's compellingly powerful diary, War in Val d'Orcia, is the spare and vivid account of what happened when a peaceful farming valley became a battleground. At great personal risk, the Origos gave food and shelter to partisans, deserters, and refugees. They took in evacuees, and as the front drew closer they faced the knowledge that the lives of thirty-two small children depended on them. Origo writes with sensitivity and generosity, and a story emerges of human acts of heroism and compassion, and the devastation that war can bring"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
New York Review Books
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
B&W PHOTOGRAPHS
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
329 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68137-266-2 (9781681372662)
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Iris Origo (1902-1988) was a British-born biographer and writer. She lived in Italy and devoted much of her life to the improvement of the Tuscan estate at La Foce, which she purchased with her husband in the 1920s. During the Second World War, she sheltered refugee children and assisted many escaped Allied prisoners of war and partisans in defiance of Italy's fascist regime and Nazi occupation forces. She is the author of Images and Shadows; A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary,
1939-1940; Leopardi: A Study in Solitude; and The Merchant of Prato, among others. Virginia Nicholson is a social historian and writer known for her works on women's history. She is the the author of five books, including Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939, and most recently, Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s.
1939-1940; Leopardi: A Study in Solitude; and The Merchant of Prato, among others. Virginia Nicholson is a social historian and writer known for her works on women's history. She is the the author of five books, including Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939, and most recently, Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s.