One True Podcast investigates one of the most curious episodes of Hemingway’s life, his late-1940’s obsession with an Italian teenager, Adriana Ivancich.
We talk with Andrea di Robilant — author of Autumn in Venice: Hemingway and His Last Muse – about this mysterious friendship that involves an immersion into the Italian aristocracy, a passion for grappa and duck hunting in the Veneto, and inspired a burst of writing productivity, leading to Across the River and into the Trees and The Old Man and the Sea.
Di Robilant recalls meeting Adriana as a young boy, his own great uncle’s friendship with Hemingway, and his motivation to write about this bizarre chapter in Hemingway’s life.
As a special bonus, listen for a snippet of audio from the late Giacomo Ivancich (1932-2026), Adriana’s younger brother.
Join us for this insider’s look at the Ernest-Adriana relationship!
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