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  A Small Place in Italy (Paperback) By (author) Eric Newby

  

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  Short Description for A Small Place in ItalyIn 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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  • Publisher: PICADOR
  • Published: 09 June 1995
  • Format: Paperback 240 pages
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  • Categories: Autobiography: Historical, Political & Military | Travel Writing
  • ISBN 13: 9780330338189 ISBN 10: 0330338188
  • Sales rank: 325,691

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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 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.