Entry 46 · Book chapter 47
February 28 1944
The arrival of spring in Naples is marked by seasonal foods, street cries, and a burst of communal spring-cleaning and song.
Themes
Reflections
Historical amnesia of the ordinary Neapolitan
Watching street storytellers recount the deeds of Charlemagne, Lewis reflects that ten centuries of invading armies and drowned revolutions have left no mark on the common Neapolitan's imagination or memory.
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