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02729aam a2200409 i 4500 001 4B3EE228B71A11E8B5D0B56797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180913010017 008 180525t20172017nyu 000 0aeng 010 $a 2018010225 020 $a 1681372649 020 $a 9781681372648 035 $a (OCoLC)1041244384 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d TJZ $d DLC $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-it--- $a e-it--- 050 00 $a D755.2 $b .O75 2017 082 00 $a 940.54/1345092 $2 23 084 $a HIS020000 $a HIS027100 $a HIS020000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Origo, Iris, $d 1902-1988, $e author. 245 12 $a A chill in the air : $b an Italian war diary, 1939-1940 / $c Iris Origo ; introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett ; afterword by Katia Lysy. 246 30 $a Italian war diary, 1939-1940 264 1 $a New York : $b New York Review Books, $c [2017] 300 $a 184 pages ; $c 21 cm 490 0 $a New York Review Books Classics 520 $a "A harrowing account of life in Italy in the year leading up to World War II, available in the US for the first time. War in Italy in 1939 was by no means necessary or even beneficial to the country.But in June 1940, Mussolini finally declared war on Britain and France. The awfulinevitability with which Italy stumbled its way into a war for which they were illprepared and largely unenthusiastic is documented here with grace and clarity byone of the twentieth century's great diarists. This diary, which has never been published and was recently found in Iris Origo'sarchives, is the sad and arresting account of the grim absurdities that Italy and theworld underwent as war became more and more unavoidable. Origo, British-bornand living in Italy, was ideally placed to record the events. Extremely engaged withthe world around her, connected to people from all areas of society (from the peasantson her estate to the US ambassador to Italy), she writes of the turmoil, thedanger, and the bleakness of Italy in 1939 and 1940, as war went from a possibilityto a dreadful reality. A Chill in the Air covers the beginning of a war whose catastrophic effects are documentedin Origo's bestselling War in Val D'Orcia"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Origo, Iris, $d 1902-1988 $v Diaries. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z France. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Italy. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Personal narratives, English. 655 7 $a Diaries. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Hughes-Hallett, Lucy, $e writer of introduction. 700 1 $a Lysy, Katia, $e ariter of afterword. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20180913010148.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4B3EE228B71A11E8B5D0B56797128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search