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{en} Martin Cruz Smith. The girl from Venice. London [England]: Simon & Schuster, 2016. / Italian ed. 2017.

Abstract

"The novel takes place during the weeks before the collapse of the Republic of Salò and the death of Benito Mussolini. While fishing at night, Cenzo rescues Giulia from the water, who was fleeing from the Wehrmacht. Born to a wealthy Jewish family, Giulia had been hiding with her family in a hospital, but their location and identity were betrayed, and she swims the Venetian Lagoon to escape. Cenzo's pastoral life soon becomes quite complicated as he tries to help her leave Italy. This act of kindness leads them into the world of Partisans, random executions, the arts of forgery and high explosives, Mussolini’s broken promises, the black market and gold, and, everywhere, the enigmatic maze of the Venice Lagoon."--Publisher description.