Images and shadows part of a life Origo, Iris 1902-1988 creator author. Lysy, Katia writer of afterword. text biography Biographies. Autobiographies. nyu 2019 monographic eng print 390 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm "Images and Shadows, Iris Origo's autobiographical account of her early life, is as extraordinarily perceptive and humane and as beautifully written as her celebrated memoir War in the Val d'Orcia. Origo's father came from an old and moneyed American family, her mother was the daughter of an Irish peer, and she grew up under the most privileged of circumstances, moving between family estates in Long Island and Ireland while also traveling the world. Tragedy struck when her father, not yet 30, died of tuberculosis and at his request--'Bring her up where she does not belong, ' he had enjoined his wife--her mother moved to Fiesole, where she and Iris developed a close friendship with their neighbor, the influential American connoisseur and art historian--a great and fascinating character, too--Bernard Berenson. Introduced early to both American and British high society, Origo eventually found fulfillment in tending to the life of the desolate and deforested country estate she and her Italian husband bought in Italy, which is where she also discovered her true calling as a writer. In Images and Shadows, she paints portraits of her shy, loving father and her headstrong mother, describes beloved places, the books that formed her sensibility, and how she grew up and made her way in the world. She reflects on the pleasures and challenges of writing and evokes both the persistence and fragility of memory. Images and Shadows is an autobiography that is as thoughtful as it is profoundly touching"-- Westbrook -- Desart Court -- My father -- My mother -- Childhood at Fiesole -- Reading and learning -- Growing up and coming out -- Writing -- La Foce -- Epilogue. by Iris Origo ; afterword by Katia Lysy. Originally published in 1970. Copyright ©2017 by the Estate of Iris Origo ; afterword copyright ©2019 by Katia Lysy. Includes index. e-it--- Origo, Iris 1902-1988 Berenson, Bernard 1865-1959 Friends and associates Berenson, Bernard 1865-1959 Origo, Iris 1902-1988 Critics Italy Biography Women critics Italy Biography Orcia River Valley (Italy) Intellectual life 20th century Orcia River Valley (Italy) Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Women Critics Friendship Intellectual life Women critics Italy Italy Orcia River Valley 1900-1999 fast PN75.O7 A3 2019 818/.5209 B Images and shadows Origo, Iris, 1902-1988. New York : New York Review Books, [2019] (DLC) 2019016174 New York Review Books classics 9781681373652 1681373653 2019007414 pda,print LBSOR/DLC 190327 20250318222253.0 in00004164700 eng