Tuscany 1943, all the Jews were rounded up and forced into the Bishop’’s Villa to await deportation to a prison. This is based on a real story.

A very good novel ! I found it rather interesting and clever to evoke the Second World War through the eyes of a cobbler (aiming at mending shoes, but not only shoes...). Based on real events , this novel perfectly illustrates hypocrisy, shame at hiding the truth of what actually happened in the Villa during the war. Nevertheless, the war brought out crucial personal psychological skills the cobbler would never have known or dared believe he had.... Very well and subtly rendered by the author! A thought provoking novel well worth knowing.
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