Autumn in Venice : Ernest Hemingway and his last muse /
by Di Robilant, Andrea.
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BookPublisher: London : Atlantic Books, 2018Description: xiv, 346 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781782399384 (hbk.) :; 1782399380 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 813.52 ROBSubject(s): Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 -- Homes and haunts -- Italy -- Venice | Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 -- Knowledge -- Italy | Americans -- Italy -- Venice | Literature | Literature | Venice (Italy) -- In literatureSummary: In the autumn of 1948 Hemingway and his fourth wife travelled for the first time to Venice. He was a year shy of his 50th birthday and hadn't published a novel in nearly a decade. At a duck shoot in the lagoon he met and fell in love with Adriana Ivancich, a striking Venetian girl just out of finishing school. This book recreates with sparkling clarity this surprising, years-long relationship. Hemingway used Adriana as the model for Renata in 'Across the River' and 'Into the Trees', and continued to visit Venice to see her; the Ivanciches travelled to Cuba, placing Adriana beside him as he wrote 'The Old Man and the Sea'. This illuminating story of writer and muse - which also examines the cost to a young woman of her association with a larger-than-life literary celebrity - is an intimate look at the fractured heart and changing art of Hemingway in his fifties.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 813.52 ROB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002960682X |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the autumn of 1948 Hemingway and his fourth wife travelled for the first time to Venice. He was a year shy of his 50th birthday and hadn't published a novel in nearly a decade. At a duck shoot in the lagoon he met and fell in love with Adriana Ivancich, a striking Venetian girl just out of finishing school. This book recreates with sparkling clarity this surprising, years-long relationship. Hemingway used Adriana as the model for Renata in 'Across the River' and 'Into the Trees', and continued to visit Venice to see her; the Ivanciches travelled to Cuba, placing Adriana beside him as he wrote 'The Old Man and the Sea'. This illuminating story of writer and muse - which also examines the cost to a young woman of her association with a larger-than-life literary celebrity - is an intimate look at the fractured heart and changing art of Hemingway in his fifties.
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