Napoli '44
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
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...
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...
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...