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    A Small Place in Italy
    A Small Place in Italy
    A Small Place in Italy
    Audiobook (abridged)2 hours

    A Small Place in Italy

    Written by Eric Newby

    Narrated by Eric Newby

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    About this audiobook

    This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era.

    In 1967, veteran travel writer Eric Newby and his heroic wife Wanda fulfiled their dream of a return to life in the Italian hills where they first met during World War II. But this fulfilment would not come easy. The dream materialised in the form of I Castagni ('The Chestnuts'), a small, decrepit farmhouse with no roof, an abandoned septic tank and its own indigenous wildlife reluctant to give up their home. But in the foothills of the Apuan Alps on the border of Liguria and Northern Tuscany, this ramshackle house would soon become a hub of love, friendship and activity.

    Whether recounting dangerous expeditions through Afghanistan or everyday life in a country house, Newby's talent shines through as one of the foremost writers of the comic travel genre. Full of Newby's sharp wit and good humour, ‘A Small Place’ in Italy returns, twenty years later, to the life of Newby's much-cherished classic, Love and War in the Apennines. It lovingly recounts the quickly disappearing lifestyle of the idiosyncratic locals, and the enduring friendships they forge, whether sharing in growing their first wine harvest as novices or frying poisonous mushrooms for a feast.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateFeb 23, 2017
    ISBN9780008242923
    A Small Place in Italy
    Author

    Eric Newby

    Eric Newby was born in London in 1919. During World War II, he served in the Special Boat Section and was captured. He married the girl who helped him to escape, and for the next 50 years she was at his side on many adventures. After the war, he worked in the fashion business and book publishing but travelled on a grand scale, sometimes as the Travel Editor for the Observer. He was made CBE and awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award of the British Guild of Travel Writers. He died in 2006.

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    • 4/5
      Whereas I loved the Great Grain Race, Love and War in the Appenines, and greatly appreciated A short walk in the Hindu Kush, this book about renovating a house in Italy is a little pedestrian. I appreciate the nostalgic nature, however
    • 5/5
      Funny, sad, warm travel through buying a home and living the rural life in Italy.