Typed letter signed : Orbetello Scalo, to Peter [Buckley], 1981 Jan. 17-29.

Record ID: 
382245
Accession number: 
MA 6090.5
Author: 
Ivancich, Adriana.
Credit: 
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden.
Description: 
1 item (6 p.) ; 29.6 cm
Notes: 

Part of a collection of letters from Adriana Ivancich to Peter Buckley, a typescript entitled Finca Vigia, a typescript of Ivancich's memoir, White Tower, and a copy of Peter Buckley's book, Ernest. Items are described in individual records; see MA 6090 for more information.

Summary: 

Telling him that she has been living in "a small guest flat"; explaining that she and her husband are getting divorced because she had his dog put to sleep; lamenting that she sold all she had and everything is in her husband's name now; describing her sadness at losing her sons; commenting on her difficult financial circumstances; discussing her efforts to find a publisher for her book, White Tower; mentioning that she met with Antony Quinn, who wants to make a movie of a sequel to White Tower; talking about Ernest Hemingway and commenting on Mary Hemingway.

Provenance: 
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.