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Padula

Padula is a town and comune in the province of Salerno, located in the Campania region of south-western Italy. The town is best known for the Carthusian monastery of Certosa di San Lorenzo, it is one of the largest monasteries in Italy and a notable example of Baroque architecture. The Certosa is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

In the book

The former monastery used as an internment camp: the writer Curzio Malaparte has been quietly released from it, and it is where the section must collect a female internee too important to be named in writing.

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Appears in 2 diary entries.

April 1 1944
A leisurely boat trip to Capri with Captain Frazer, Lola, and her friend Susanna captures a rare golden, carefree day amid the war.
- Sex & relationships
- Personal reflection
July 26 1944
An almost novelistic assignment to escort a mysterious, allegedly dangerous female internee to Rome for interrogation raises awkward questions among the section.
- Bureaucracy & absurdity
- Personal reflection

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