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War in Val d'Orcia by Iris Origo
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War in Val d'Orcia by Iris Origo
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Aug 07, 2018 | ISBN 9781681372662

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“Origo’s diary is a compelling story of heroism, compassion, and—in the author’s words—‘the most primitive traditions of ungrudging hospitality, uncalculating brotherhood . . . the shared, simple acts of everyday life.”
—Vic Sussman, The Washington Post

“[War in Val d’Orcia] is a remarkably moving document that, like the best of the elemental war stories, eventually becomes a statement about the unplanned nature and folly of war.”
—Herbert Mitgang, The New York Times

“A welcome rediscovery, evoking a unique, strange moment in civilian/soldier wartime-history with spare, vital immediacy.”
Kirkus Reviews

“A remarkable war diary.”
Daily Telegraph

“It is jolting to recall, through Origo’s sober and self-effacing prose, the atrocious conditions of the summer of 1944.”
Financial Times

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