Iris Origo: 4 books

An extraordinary memoir by Iris Origo, who chronicled political life in A Chill in the Air and War in Val d'Orcia, and now turns inward to describe her own family, the work of writing, and the transcience of memory. Images and Shadows: Part of a Life, Iris Origo’s autobiographical account...

In 1939 it was not a foregone conclusion that Mussolini would enter World War II on the side of Hitler. In this  previously unpublished and only recently discovered diary, Iris Origo, author of the classic War in Val d’Orcia, provides a vivid account of how Mussolini decided on a course of action...

In the Second World War, Italy was torn apart by German armies, civil war, and the Allied invasion. In a corner of Tuscany, one woman—born in England, married to an Italian—kept a record of daily life in a country at war. Iris Origo’s powerful diary, War in Val d’Orcia, is the spare and...

Opera elegante e minuziosa, questa biografia racconta la storia di Giacomo Leopardi dialogando con i suoi scritti, interrogandone le sfumature, mettendone a confronto gli slanci e i ripensamenti. Quando, nel 1974, introduce la stesura definitiva del libro, Iris Origo riconosce al poeta una ferma fiducia...