A Need To Testify: Four Portraits
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good, no tears, minor wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible.
A captivating work of biographical writing, A Need to Testify presents four intimate portraits of remarkable twentieth-century figures: Lauro de Bosis, Ruth Draper, Gaetano Salvemini, and Ignazio Silone, alongside a reflective essay on the art of biography. Iris Origo writes with characteristic elegance and moral clarity, drawing on her deep connection to Italian culture and history to illuminate lives defined by courage, conviction, and resistance. Each portrait chronicles the subject's struggle against fascism and political oppression, revealing the personal costs of standing firm in the face of tyranny. The accompanying essay on biography argues thoughtfully for the genre's unique power to capture truth through the lens of individual human experience, making this a rich and intellectually rewarding collection for readers of history, literature, and biography alike.
Author: Iris Origo
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good, no tears, minor wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible.
A captivating work of biographical writing, A Need to Testify presents four intimate portraits of remarkable twentieth-century figures: Lauro de Bosis, Ruth Draper, Gaetano Salvemini, and Ignazio Silone, alongside a reflective essay on the art of biography. Iris Origo writes with characteristic elegance and moral clarity, drawing on her deep connection to Italian culture and history to illuminate lives defined by courage, conviction, and resistance. Each portrait chronicles the subject's struggle against fascism and political oppression, revealing the personal costs of standing firm in the face of tyranny. The accompanying essay on biography argues thoughtfully for the genre's unique power to capture truth through the lens of individual human experience, making this a rich and intellectually rewarding collection for readers of history, literature, and biography alike.