Esmond and Ilia: An Unreliable Memoir

by Marina Warner

Book Overview

By one of the finest English writers of our time, a luminous memoir that travels from southern Italy to the banks of the Nile, capturing a lost past both personal and historical.

Marina Warner's father, Esmond, met her mother, Ilia, while serving as an officer in the British Army during the Second World War. As Allied forces fought their way north through Italy, Esmond found himself in the southern town of Bari, where Ilia had grown...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 168137644X
• ISBN13: 9781681376448
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: New York Review of Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.4"