Entry 80 · Book chapter 81
July 12 1944
A rare day off as tourist to Pozzuoli reveals a town strangely untouched by the war, calmer and more foreign-feeling than the rest of the Naples area.
Reflections
Pozzuoli's separateness from Naples
Visiting as a tourist, Lewis finds Pozzuoli calm, self-absorbed, and almost untouched by the war — noting it lies outside the Zona di Camorra and its 'secret tribal life', with a population distinct from Neapolitans in dialect, custom, and possibly blood.
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