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Napoli '44

by: Matteo Codignola (author) Norman Lewis (author)

Format: paperback

ISBN: 9788845913976 (884591397X)

Publish date: 1998

Publisher: Adelphi

Pages no: 244

Edition language: Italian

Category:

Non Fiction, Travel, Autobiography, Memoir, Biography, History, European Literature, British Literature, Cultural, Italy, War, World War II, European History

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Readin' and Dreamin' rated it

11 years ago

http://backfromthedeadred.booklikes.com Readin' and Dreamin' 4.0 Naples '44: A World War II Diary of Occupied Italy

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I've been wanting to read this book for a while, so I was thrilled when I got to read a reissue.Naples '44 is based on the diary of British soldier Norman Lewis, who was a part of the British Intelligence Corps in Naples after the Nazi occupation. Through Lewis' eyes we see the immediate after effec...

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Chris' Fish Place rated it

11 years ago

http://ethiercn.booklikes.com Chris' Fish Place 5.0

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Disclaimer: I got a copy via Netgalley. Have you ever read the transcripts from the Titanic inquiry? It’s a rather interesting look at what various British people thought of the rest of the barbarians, except for the Americans. In some places, Lewis’ diary of his wartime experiences in Naples mirr...

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Educate and Entertain rated it

12 years ago

http://nowickgray.booklikes.com Educate and Entertain 5.0 Naples '44: A World War II Diary of Occupied Italy

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A great writer brings that great combination - objectivity and humanity - to bear in a setting of what might otherwise be indescribable suffering - Naples in 1944 when newly occupied by the Allied forces. Whether describing the thousands of impoverished citizens scouring the fields for anything edib...

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