Life in the Fourth Reich

Jordana del Feld
Sep 2, 2018 · 3 min read

Italy was mostly compromised of sun, sex, food, scenery, art, and interesting new experiences. But la vita non c’era totalmente bella.

When I was here 20 years ago, I couldn’t escape from the oppressive spectre of World War II, which was still alive in everyone’s conscience in a way quite unlike in the US; a way that reminded me that in the grand scheme of things, World War II was still news. Not olds. If you wanted to read a contemporary Italian book with any kind of literary merit, it was somehow about World War II. If you wanted to go to an Italian movie that wasn’t pulp, it was…

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