{"product_id":"images-and-shadows-part-of-a-life-paperback","title":"Images and Shadows: Part of a Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIris Origo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKatia Lysy\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn extraordinary memoir by Iris Origo, who chronicled political life in \u003ci\u003eA Chill in the Air\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWar in Val d'Orcia\u003c\/i\u003e, and now turns inward to describe her own family, the work of writing, and the transcience of memory.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eImages and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, Iris Origo's autobiographical account of her early life, is as perceptive and humane and beautifully written as her celebrated memoir \u003ci\u003eWar in Val d'Orcia\u003c\/i\u003e. Origo's father came from an old and moneyed American family, her mother was the daughter of an Irish peer, and Iris grew up in the most privileged of circumstances. Her father died of tuberculosis when he was only thirty, and her mother moved to Fiesole, Italy, where she and Iris developed a close friendship with the great connoisseur and art historian Bernard Berenson. Later, Origo and her Italian husband transformed a desolate and deforested Tuscan property into a flourishing estate, and it was there that she discovered her true calling as a writer. In \u003ci\u003eImages and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, Origo paints portraits of her shy, loving father and her headstrong mother, and describes beloved places, the books that formed her sensibility, and how she grew up and made her way in the world. She reflects on the pleasures and challenges of writing and evokes the persistence and fragility of memory. \u003ci\u003eImages and Shadows \u003c\/i\u003eis an autobiography that is as thoughtful as it is profoundly touching.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIris Origo\u003c\/b\u003e (1902-1988) was a British-born biographer and writer. She lived in Italy and devoted much of her life to the improvement of the Tuscan estate at La Foce, which she purchased with her husband in the 1920s. During the Second World War, she sheltered refugee children and assisted many escaped Allied prisoners of war and partisans in defiance of Italy's fascist regime and Nazi occupation forces. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary, 1939-1940\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWar in Val d'Orcia: An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944 \u003c\/i\u003e(both NYRB Classics); \u003ci\u003eLeopardi: A Study in Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Prato\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770362069280,"sku":"9781681373652","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cf779673861885858de3bee9dfd5ba10.webp?v=1780370201","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/images-and-shadows-part-of-a-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}