- Images and Shadows: Part of a Life

by Iris Origo

Other authorsKatia Lysy (Afterword)
Paperback, 2019

Status

Available

Call number

818.5209

Collection

Publication

NYRB Classics (2019), Edition: Illustrated, 392 pages

Description

The autobiography of Iris Origo, this book recounts her childhood divided between three different worlds, New York, Ireland and Italy; her marriage to Antonio Origo, and her work with refugee children, feeding partisans and helping Allied prisoners-of-war during the German occupation.

Awards

National Book Award (Finalist — Arts and Letters — 1972)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1970

Physical description

392 p.; 8.01 inches

ISBN

1681373653 / 9781681373652

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