A Tuscan Childhood
A Tuscan Childhood by Antony Beevor is a memoir published by Pantheon on March 23, 1999, featuring 288 pages in English. This work captures the enchanting experiences of Kinta Beevor’s childhood spent in a castle near the Tuscan village of Aulla during the years between the two world wars. The narrative unfolds the artistic and idyllic life shared with her family, including notable figures from the literary and artistic circles, while exploring the beauty and customs of Tuscany.
Readers will find a vivid portrayal of Kinta’s adventures as she and her brother engage with the local landscape, participate in grape and olive harvests, and learn from the Tuscan community. The memoir reflects on the social life and intellectual atmosphere of Italy during this period, as well as the resilience of the Tuscan people in the face of war. Through engaging and lyrical prose, A Tuscan Childhood offers a glimpse into a unique upbringing marked by creativity and connection to the rich cultural heritage of Italy.
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The enchantments of the Tuscan countryside are captured in this memoir of the idyllic Bohemian life the author shared with her family in their Italian castle in the years between the two world wars.
When Kinta Beevor was five years old, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, and her mother, a writer, settled their family into a castle near the Tuscan village of Aulla. It became the center of an artistic world that included D. H. Lawrence, Robert Trevelyan, and Rex Whistler. While the adults wrote and painted, Kinta and her brother explored the castle and the nearby Florentine villa of their great-aunt Janet Ross. They helped with the grape and olive harvests, accompanied the stonemason in his search for wild mushrooms, learned how to “tickle trout.” They spent their summers in tents in the mountains, with shepherds and their charcoal burners. The family fled at the approach of war, which destroyed the town and damaged the castle. But Kinta would return to witness the courage and skill of the Tuscan people as they rebuilt the castle, the town, their lives, and her memories.
Engaging, lyrical, and witty, A Tuscan Childhood evokes the splendors of rural Italy and what it was like to be a child blissfully ensconced there.
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