The Tuscan Childhood
New York: Vintage Books, 2000. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Ex-library with usual stamps/markings/stickers; first vintage departures edition, first printing with number line. 5.125"x8"x.75"; 271 pgs. Cover design by Megan wilson; cover photos of Italy by Susie Cushner. Library markings are the only ones throughout book; coverd with adhesive clear plastic from library; very little to no shelf wear. Spine straight and binding tight. Very Good. Item #10670
ISBN: 0375704264
The sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an enchanted Tuscan castle between World War I and World War II. When Kinta Beeevor was five, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, bought the sixteenth-century Fortezza della Brunella in the Tuscan village of Aulla. There her parents were part of a vibrant artistic community that included Aldous Huxley, Bernard Berenson, and D. H. Lawrence. Meanwhile, Kinta and her brother explored the glorious countryside, participated in the region's many seasonal rites and rituals, and came to know and love the charming, resilient Italian people. With the coming of World War II the family had to leave Aulla; years later, though, Kinta would return to witness the courage and skill of the Tuscan people as they rebuilt their lives. Lyrical and witty, A Tuscan Childhood is alive with the timeless splendour of Italy. Source: Publisher.
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