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Violence
Some
Wartime violence including executions, occupation brutality, and partisan conflict; depicted with historical realism
Language
Barely any
Mild language appropriate to the wartime literary fiction genre
Sexual Content
Barely any
Tasteful romance; intimacy is implied rather than depicted
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal; some wartime drinking in social contexts
Emotional Intensity
Some
Wartime anxiety, the weight of hiding and fear, and the moral stakes of resistance under occupation
What this book is about
Set in Venice in the final days of World War II, Martin Cruz Smith's novel follows a quiet fisherman who discovers a Jewish woman hiding in the lagoon and chooses to protect her at great personal risk. A romantic and tense wartime story, the novel captures the atmosphere of occupied Italy with historical realism. Violence stems primarily from the context of Nazi occupation and partisan resistance, depicted with gravity but not graphic excess.
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WWII occupation violence and historical trauma
Jewish persecution in the context of 1945 Italy
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