In the autumn of 1948, Ernest Hemingway and his wife travelled to Venice for the first time. At a duck shoot in the lagoon he met and fell in love with Adriana Ivancich, a striking Venetian girl just out of finishing school.
Adriana was the model for Renata in Hemingway's Across the River and into the Trees, and he continued to visit Venice to see her. When the Ivanciches travelled to Cuba, Adriana was there with him as he wrote The Old Man and the Sea.
Language
English
Pages
368
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Knopf Publishing Group
Release
June 05, 2018
ISBN
1101946652
ISBN 13
9781101946657
Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse
In the autumn of 1948, Ernest Hemingway and his wife travelled to Venice for the first time. At a duck shoot in the lagoon he met and fell in love with Adriana Ivancich, a striking Venetian girl just out of finishing school.
Adriana was the model for Renata in Hemingway's Across the River and into the Trees, and he continued to visit Venice to see her. When the Ivanciches travelled to Cuba, Adriana was there with him as he wrote The Old Man and the Sea.