Images and Shadows - Part of a Life

The lucidly written memoir of Iris Origo, the writer of the bestselling War in Val D'Orcia.

About the author

Iris Origo (1902-1988) was a British-born biographer and writer. She lived in Italy and devoted much of her life to the improvement of the Tuscan estate at La Foce, which she purchased with her husband in the 1920s. During WWII, she sheltered refugee children and assisted many escaped Allied prisoners of war and partisans in defiance of Italy's fascist regime and Nazi occupation forces. Pushkin Press also publishes her war diaries, War in Val D'Orcia, as well as two of her biographies, Leopardi: A Study in Solitude and The Last Attachment: The Story of Byron and Teresa Guccioli.

Summary

The lucidly written memoir of Iris Origo, the writer of the bestselling War in Val D'Orcia.

Foreword

The lucidly written memoir of Iris Origo, the writer of the bestselling War in Val D'Orcia

Product details

• Authors: Iris Origo, Origo Iris
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781782272663
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-266-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs