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A Small Place in Italy
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ISBN10: 174179529X
ISBN13: 9781741795295
Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub
Pages: 221
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.59 Width: 5.18 Depth: 7.74
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781741795295
Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub
Pages: 221
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.59 Width: 5.18 Depth: 7.74
Language: English
In 1967 Eric and Wanda Newby fulfilled a long-cherished dream when they bought a run-down farmhouse in northeastern Tuscany, in the foothills of the Italian Alps. They were the first foreigners to live in the region. A Small Place in Italy describes how the house was restored with the help of their neighbors, a colorful cast of characters who quickly befriended the Newbys.
With his characteristic wry humor and sharp eye for the quirks of human nature, Eric Newby paints an unforgettable picture of rural Italy and its people. The rhythms and rituals of country life - harvesting grapes, making wine, hunting for wild mushrooms - are lovingly evoked, along with the storybook landscapes and changing seasons. At the center of his memoir is the farmhouse itself, which from unpromising beginnings - tileless roof, long-abandoned septic tand and mice the size of small cats - was gradually restored.
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