{"product_id":"autumn-in-venice-andrea-di-robilant-9781101970386","title":"Autumn in Venice","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe illuminating story of writer and muse--which also examines the cost to a young woman of her association with a larger-than-life literary celebrity--\u003ci\u003eAutumn in Venice\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate look at Hemingway's final years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the fall of 1948, Ernest Hemingway and his fourth wife traveled for the first time to Venice, which Hemingway called \"absolutely god-damned wonderful.\" A year shy of his fiftieth birthday, Hemingway hadn't published a novel in nearly a decade when he met and fell in love with Adriana Ivancich, a striking Venetian girl just out of finishing school. Here Andrea di Robilant re-creates with sparkling clarity this surprising, years-long relationship, during which Adriana inspired a man thirty years her senior to complete his great final work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hemingway used Adriana as the model for Renata in \u003ci\u003eAcross the River and into the Trees, \u003c\/i\u003e and continued to visit Venice to see her; when the Ivanciches traveled to Cuba, Adriana was there as he wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Old Man and the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrea Di Robilant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1101970383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781101970386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Andrea Di Robilant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991870669055,"sku":"9781101970386","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a92a3d0-f4a8-4fd8-9450-24aca73d4ad5.jpg?v=1683312714","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/autumn-in-venice-andrea-di-robilant-9781101970386","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}