| War in Val d'Orcia: An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944 Contributor(s): Origo, Iris (Author), Nicholson, Virginia (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1681372665 ISBN-13: 9781681372662 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2018018404 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.7 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A bestseller upon its original publication in the 1980s, these diaries reveal life during WWII in Tuscany and include stunning rediscovered photographs In the Second World War, Italy was torn apart by German armies, civil war, and the 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 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. |