Now and Then in Tuscany: Italian journeys

✍ Scribed by Petch, Angela

• Book ID: 100648960
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1 MB
• Category: Fiction
• City: Italy., Italy--Tuscany., Tuscany (Italy
• ISBN: 1533179026

✦ Synopsis

This book is a lovingly researched social history, following the journey of young Giuseppe Starnucci at the start of the twentieth century, when he escapes from a seminary to accompany shepherds on a journey down to the coast from his village in the Tuscan Apennines. This "transumanza" lasted for five months every winter and encompassed many hardships, including the ever-present threat of malaria, bandits and long separations from family. Giuseppe's adventures are re-lived by his great grandson's family one hundred years later, immediately after the end of WW1 and the years under Mussolini, leading to WW2. The two stories are interwoven, each generation on a journey of self-awareness. Along the way, there are trials and dilemmas for both families to deal with in their own way. "Now and Then in Tuscany" is a story of hardship, secrets and passion which brings to light the customs and people of rural Tuscany.

✦ Subjects

Italy -- Tuscany