In its surgical positioning of a micro history within a macro history, and in capturing the day-to-day struggle for survival during those dark years, it offers much that one does not find in history books.<\/p>\n
Eighty years after the promulgation of the Race Laws in Italy, this novel may provide a formidable tool for understanding Laws\u2019 devastating impact on a deeply personal and emotional level.<\/p>\n
The questions it raises regarding how and what we can learn from a novel versus a history book, are as relevant and urgent today\u2014in the age of Trump\u2014 when the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees estimates 65.6 million forcibly displaced people worldwide. As History continues\u2026<\/p>\n[\/aesop_content]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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