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Love
and War in the Appennines. When the Italian Armistice was signed in 1943,
Eric Newby left the prison camp in which he had been held for a year and
made his way through the forests and mountains south of the Po River.
It's one of the best and most suspenseful tales of the confusion that
reigned in Italy during the German occupation. It's also a remarkable
description of rural Italian life, and anyone who knows the italian countryside
and Italians will find it extremely funny at times. |
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A
Small Place in Italy. In 1967, Eric Newby and his wife Wanda acquired
"I Castagni" (The Chestnuts), a small and ruined farmhouse in the foothills
of the Apuan Alps in Italy. For 25 years, they remained the only foreigners
to live in the area. This book recounts the Newbys' life in their house. |
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Cards
on the table, I didn't get on too well with Frances Mayes and her take
on things Tuscan.
However, it seems that I am in the minority as this book, an account of
buying, renovating, and living in an abandoned villa in Tuscany, has sold
in truly enormous numbers. Judge for yourselves. |
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Frances
Mayes's sequel to Under The Tuscan Sun also split the jury, but the publishers
were kind enough to link to us from their website so I'll say no more.
The net is spread slightly further than Tuscany this time as the author
goes out in search of Italy and Italian life. |
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Edith
Wharton's Italian Gardens. Though most know her as the Pulitzer Prize-winning
author of novels such as The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth,
Edith Wharton also published the first serious treatment of Italian garden
architecture, Italian Villas and Their Gardens. |
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"Italian
Days" is one of the richest and most absorbing travel books written--a
journey that traverses the Italian peninsula and immerses readers in a
culture which provides the reader with a definition of the good life. "Harrison's wonderful journal will make you update your passport and dream of subletting your job, home, etc. . . . " - "Glamour". |
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The
Italians. In this consummate portrait of the Italian people, bestselling
author, publisher, journalist, and politician Luigi Barzini delves deeply
into the Italian national character, discovering both its great qualities
and its imperfections. |
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Hibbert
makes the history and politics behind the busts and paintings of cinquecento
Florence come to life. His story about the House of Medici explains this
ruling family's extinction along with the odd fact that their name is
still plastered all over Florence, and Fiesole, too, centuries later.
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In
an informative and entertaining book, sculptor Matthew Spender takes readers
on a captivating tour of his adopted homeland, Tuscany - a region unsurpassed
in a richness of history, artistry, and culture. "A rare delight." - The Boston Globe. |
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Italian
neighbours. Tim Parks and his wife, Rita, came to their flat on the aging,
eccentric Via Colombare in Montecchio twelve years ago for a short stay.
There was trouble from the moment they moved in - under cover of night
- and it has gone delightfully up and down hill ever since. In this amusing
and loving tribute to the glorious country he has embraced, British novelist
Tim Parks shares his secrets of survival, tales of the unexpected, and
treasured friendships with new-found friends and Italian neighbors. |
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The
Hills of Tuscany. Another tale of upping sticks and moving to Tuscany. "...a charming...lively story...the Mates do something out of the ordinary... They go native. They try to live as farmers among farmers, not as expatriates on leave among the little people...you have to at least dip into it." |
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