A Small Place in Italy by Eric Newby

A Small Place in Italy by Eric Newby

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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 in Italy. For 25 years, they remained the only foreigners to live in the area. This book recounts the Newbys' life in their house.

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A Small Place in Italy by Eric Newby

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.
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ISBN 13 9780330338189
ISBN 10 0330338188
Title A Small Place in Italy
Author Eric Newby
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 1995-06-09
Number of pages 240
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.