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Title: A Small Place in Italy by Eric Newby ISBN: 0-86442-605-4 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: I think I've read the entire genre of these types of books..
Comment: I've read: "Under the Tuscan Sun", "Extra Virgin ...", "An Italian Affair", "In Maremma: Life and a House in Southern Tuscany", "Italian Neighbors" and I'm on my way to the library to pickup and start reading "Pasquales' Note: Idle Days in an Italian Town". I started reading these types of books when I got lonely for Italy after visiting in November of 2001. I just finished "A Small Place in Italy". Each of these books have something special in it that I enjoyed reading about. I really enjoyed reading about the person Attilio. Attilio came with the house when they purchased this house in Italy -- he had his own secret room. I enjoyed reading about how they hired their local tradesmen to renovate and repair this house. I hope I never run out of these types of books to read, I do plan to return to visit Italy, it would be a joy to visit some of these small towns.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Small Place in Italy
Comment: In 1967 Eric & Wanda Newby fulfilled a long-cherished dream when they bought a rundown farmhouse in northern Tuscany, in the foothills of the Italian Alps. Published for the first time in the US, 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
Rating: 5
Summary: I learned, laughed, cried, couldn't put it down
Comment: In 1967, British travel editor Eric Newby and his wife, Wanda, bought a primitive farmhouse in the hills between Liguria and Tuscany, the region where they met during World War II, Newby a soldier on the run between POW internments, Wanda a relief worker. They are the first foreigners to come live in their neighborhood, which remained unchanged from the time of the War; in fact, the country people, contadini, probably lived pretty much as they had for a couple of centuries or more. In the 25 years that the Newbys stayed, using the farmhouse as a second home but tending the land seriously, they were accepted and came to know the people and area well. A SMALL PLACE IN ITALY is a profile of their neighbors, their work, customs and the surrounding area. He offers up historical notes and chronicles the arrival of the late 20th century and loss of old ways.
This book has everything going for it. Newby is honest, a truthful writer. He never sells out his subject for entertainment or sentimentality. He does not go the route of portraying the noble savage, he does not paint the peasantry as buffoons or children, he does not go over the top to prove that he is one of them. It is obvious that he and Wanda were quickly accepted into the community because they were hard workers who respected the land and were happy to share. There is a fine wit and spirit at hand. Newby has to be the most resilient person on earth (see A SHORT WALK IN THE HINDU KUSH for more evidence).
Other virtues of this book: the pages whip by because Newby is brilliant at ordering his information. He also translates the Italian phrases and words that pop up routinely, so that those of us unschooled in Italian, particularly northern Italian expressions, are not at a loss.
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Title: A Valley in Italy by Lisa St. Aubin de Teran ISBN: 0060926198 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 07 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Love And War in the Apennines by Eric Newby ISBN: 0864427654 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Hills of Tuscany by Ferenc Mate ISBN: 0385334419 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 12 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Tuscan Year : Life and Food in an Italian Valley by Elizabeth Romer ISBN: 0865473870 Publisher: North Point Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1989 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Pasquale's Nose: Idle Days in an Italian Town by Michael Rips ISBN: 0316748641 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 09 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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