War in Val d'Orcia
An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944
An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944
By Iris Origo
Introduction by Virginia Nicholson
By Iris Origo
Introduction by Virginia Nicholson
By Iris Origo
Introduction by Virginia Nicholson
By Iris Origo
Introduction by Virginia Nicholson
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Paperback $17.95
Aug 07, 2018 | ISBN 9781681372662
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Praise
“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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