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• Sales Rank: #2245915 in Books
  
• Published on: 1970
• Original language:
  English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 296 pages

An autobiography.

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A Reflective Autobiography
By MTSS
Having read War in Val d'Orcia, I was thoroughly intrigued by Iris Origo and decided to read this immediately after. It is very different in tone and style and is far more reflective, analytical and detailed which is perhaps not surprising given the urgent circumstances that the war diary was written in (the enemy was, quite literally, at the gate.) An interesting life and a very interesting woman

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Five Stars
By Amazon Customer
Beautifully written account of an interesting life.

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A masterly autobiography
By Sabina
A lucid and intelligent account of a full and interesting life and times. Iris Origo writes about her privileged, peripatetic childhood spent in Long Island (father's family), idyllic days in England and Ireland (mother's family), and in Italy where her mother settled eventually. Disruptions came in the form of early deaths, her mother's three marriages, the Irish troubles and in the outbreak of World War 2. By then Iris was the Marchesa Origo, having married her Antonio and in a curious position, seeing as Italy was at war with the Allies. She is most eloquent about the paradoxes of being the daughter of titled wealth, a fascinating but hypochondriachal mother, the thrill of foreign travel and the acute embarassment at some of her mother's demands, the almost too-rich diet of parties, artists and intellectuals coming through the house and the loneliness of an only child, who was later not allowed to go to Oxford to study her beloved classics but had to 'come out' in all three countries. Experiences are recorded with candour and feeling but without undue sentimentality.Iris Origo writes that her life has been 'bound by affection.' These are the important experiences and memories. Some of the most thoughtful and sensitive writing on the nature of biography is to be found here, and a chapter on the process of developing as a writer comes in the middle of the book. She has the ability to describe character succinctly and make it come alive for the reader, her warm relationship with 'Gabba' (her grandfather Lord Desart) and other significant people in her life are unforgettable. Iris and Antonio, a most resourceful couple, bought and developed La Foce, an entire valley in the Val d'Orcia of Tuscany. She describes the work and development of an almost feudal system of farming, the hiding of partisans and allies during the war, funding a school for the children of the contandini and a home to harbour children during the war. The war efforts are not dwelt on at length here as she has described them in another book ((War in Val d'Orcia), but what does come accross are the fruits of an observant and thoughtful mind, a spiritual development and the emphasis of important, nurturing relationships. The sense of place is also strong, so it is an entertaining journey from the ancestral estate of Westbrook, the castle in Ireland, travels in Egypt, childhood at Fiesole and married and creative life at La Foce. An ace read.

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