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.
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