by Elizabeth von Arnim · Bollati Boringhieri · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788833932828
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«Un'estate da sola» is the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, published by Bollati Boringhieri in paperback (119 pages, in Italian).
A summer diary of a woman who wishes to be alone so her soul may grow, but her husband, daughters and servants invade her retreat. With irony and satire, the novel reflects on the garden, human weakness and family life, and turns the escape to nature into a symbol of freedom against conventions and marriage.
Sequel to «Il giardino di Elizabeth», in the «Elizabeth» series; originally published as «The Solitary Summer» in 1899. Translation by Daniela Guglielmino.
For readers of classics with an interest in irony about domestic life, solitude and nature.
Elizabeth von Arnim, born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells, then later married Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel Prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. She was a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield. Though known in early life as May, her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became to friends and finally to family.
