A Small Place in Italy by Eric Newby

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PG025

 

Product Description

In 1967, Eric Newby and his wife Wanda acquired “I Castagni” (The Chestnuts), a small and ruined farmhouse in the foothills of the Apuan Alps on the borders of Liguria and northern Tuscany. They were the first foreigners to live in the area, and for 25 years, they remained the only ones. This book recounts the Newbys' life in their house in a forgotten era. It describes how they pulled the house back from the brink of collapse, their enduring friendship with the neighbouring contadini, who welcomed them - whether eating, drinking, harvesting grapes and olives, or hunting for fungus and wild asparagus - from the moment they arrived.

  • Book Binding

    Paperback

  • Book Format

    Unabridged

  • Book Genre

    Travel Biography

  • Book ISBN

    9780007367900

  • Book Page Count

    225

  • Book Publisher

  • Catalogue Ref

    PG025-1

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